#39 ATONEMENT

40 DAYS WITH JESUS

#39  ATONEMENT - "After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been ACCOMPLISHED, to fulfill the Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."  A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.  Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, 'IT IS FINISHED!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit."  John 19:28-30 

 Definition of ATONEMENT

:  the reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ

Jesus, You knew that ALL THINGS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED!   You completed the reason You came to earth - to DIE for our sins!  You did what You were born to do - and You could now die.  You spoke Your last words "IT IS FINISHED"!  What was finished?  The payment for my sin.  The payment for the sin of all mankind.  You were the ATONEMENT for my sin.  It was done.  It was complete.  Paid in full!  Now all that was needed was acceptance of the payment You made.  It was a gift.  It was not earned.  It was not deserved.  It was given freely.  I can never be "good enough" to receive it.  I can never earn it.  I must accept what You did for me as a payment for my sin.  You said  - "even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever BELIEVES will in Him have ETERNAL LIFE.  For God so loved the world, that He GAVE His only begotten Son, that whoever BELIEVES in Him SHALL NOT PERISH, but have ETERNAL LIFE." (John 3:15-16)  "He made Him who knew no sin - to be sin - that we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)  This is Your Gospel!  I will remember and honor Good Friday today - the day You GAVE Your life for me!    YOU CHANGE EVERYTHING!! 

(Are you trying to be "good enough" to earn eternal life?  It is a free gift - bought by Jesus - our ATONEMENT!!)#40dayswithjesus