It is finished!

This is what Jesus did for us!

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. I Peter 3:18

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2

He cancelled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:14

This is so good!

He cancelled -blotted out - wiped away the charges against us!

Nailing it to His cross.

Wiped out-means to erase, obliterate.

God wipes out the list of charges against us. 

God not only forgives our sin but he blots out the record of it. Not only is the handwriting erased but the document itself is removed.

The use of "handwriting refers to an IOU.

 As if you sat down and made a list of all of your sins.

 Jesus comes and clears is all away!

If God wiped out the charges against you, Why do you keep dwelling on them? He says that He has forgotten them!

There's more!

Picture with me- Jesus Hanging on the cross-The sign hanging above Him, tells of His crime-(King of the Jews)

1. The sign was a list of crimes committed that required payment.

2.  When the crimes were paid for, the sign was stamped with the word "tetelestai", meaning paid in full,

 it is finished.

When the full debt for our sin was paid, Jesus simply gave up His spirit with a single word that fell from His lips:  “Tetelestai"

  “It is finished.”  

The debt was cancelled. 

(Colossians 2:13-14)

Here is the truth of who you are!

You are loved and forgiven! You are sons and daughters of the King! When God looks at you He sees Jesus!

The price has been paid! 

Live in this truth!