---What the IT meant in It is Finished--- Years ago, I would get so confused on what this meant. I was being told that It is Finished meant that everything has been accomplished and is in order and that nothing needs to be done and that we dont need to do anything because its already over. The reality is, that is a true and false statement, depending on how youre looking at it. Whats true about it is that Jesus sacrifice on the cross brings fulfillment to the law. In other words, as a believer, you dont need to do anything to maintain your righteousness, salvation and Gods love for you. All of that is secure. Its done. I dont need to do anything to get any of that from God. Its finished! Thank you Jesus! I dont need to do ministry, heal the sick, cast out demons, or preach the gospel to even maintain any of that. But, here is where the problem comes in. Its been taken to the extreme and is said that we dont need to do anything, meaning, heal the sick, disciple nations, and preach the kingdom; basically Good works. Let me make this clear. We dont need to do any of this to maintain our righteousness, salvation and Gods love for us, BUT we NEED to do all this if people are going to get healed, delivered and be free. Why?? Because God is not in total control. I can sit on my couch at home and do nothing as a Christian. God will still love me, Ill still be saved and be righteous, but people will die of cancer, take their own lives, hurt each other, families will fall apart and things in the world will get worse. And that is the truth. When the church believes in doctrines that put all the responsibility on God, the world basically goes to hell in a hand basket because it was never part of Gods design. Psalm 115:116 says, The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind. Christians want to put it all on God and say that this is His job, so they dont have to do anything. The root of that is selfishness. They care more about themselves then they do others, while being under the guise that theyre loving and all about the needs of the misfortunate. Its true that those Christians dont have to do anything and they still will be completely loved, saved and righteous before God, but people are going to suffer because those believers have the power and knowledge in them through Christ, and theyre not doing anything with it. Theyve been taught that if they do anything, then its a work. When Paul talks about Works, hes not talking about activity. Hes talking about your reasoning behind your activity. Are you doing good works to attain righteousness, Gods love and salvation or are you doing good works to give others the gift of God? Are you doing it for others or for yourself? The It in It is finished meant that the fulfillment of the law has been made, and that Jesus job on the earth as a man is over in which He modeled what a Son of God does and looks like. Jesus said, As the Father sends me, Im now sending you. In other words, we have the same exact job of Jesus on the earth when He was here, all of us, in some form or fashion. Jesus job is finished here, and now my job begins. Im not doing what Jesus did to work or maintain everything that Jesus gave to me. Im doing what Jesus did because I want to give to others what Jesus gave me. Plus it makes Him Happy and you would be too if you are a parent and had a child that went away from you and lived a self-destructive lifestyle. You would be so happy if that child was home safe and sound. Its funny that churches who pray for healing see healing, and the ones that dont, dont see it. The ones who do kingdom work see fruit. This is not rocket science. You reap what you sow, and you sow what you reap. That principle was in effect before the cross, and after the cross when the Holy Spirit came. It is Finished meant that God provided to you everything you need to change history and its up to you whether you see that happen. The world isnt going to change sitting on our chairs, singing worship songs and reading our bibles every day. You have Atheism in the world because Christians believed a lie that they dont possess Gods power through the Holy Spirit to manifest it on earth for all to see. Christians believed that Gods power only manifests when God wants it to manifest, believing that God has all the control. God has given away the power and control to us(Gen 1:26;28). When we choose to minister and act we are a gate that releases Gods power and through our action, God takes control through that action, because the power is given back to Him through our Will. This is Gods design.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:57:53 +0000
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