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FINISHED

John 19:30 contains one of the most enlightening and powerful combination of words in the Bible, “It is finished”. I always like to take a written list of needed items to the grocery store; otherwise I will usually miss a thing or two I needed to pick up. When I go to the foot of the Cross no such list is necessary. Why do we feel the need to add something to the Cross as if its work is insufficient? Did God really forget something that needed to be placed upon Himself? “How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?” (Hebrews 2:3 ESV). Our redemption is complete; nothing is left untouched. I can trust the Him to apply His work to every need, sin, every sickness, and every sorrow. My part is to surrender everything at the feet of the Savior. Holy God and Father help the sincerity of my repentance and the fulness of my understanding match the greatness of Your Salvation.  

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