TETELESTAI!

Last night Pastor Mike gave a great message on the crucifixion. Here is a recap...think about this for a moment!

Above the Roman crucifixies there was a wooden tablet that read the crime the crucified committed. On that dark day, about 2000 years ago, a Savior hung between two heinous criminals.

His crime,

as John 19:19"Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:|sc JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

Not being a crime, but entire truth, the world watch on as a man was crucified for being who He was...King of the Jews. The crime the world saw that day wasn't a crime at all, but what God saw was completely different. You see, He didn't see Jesus' crime...but rather He saw YOURs. He saw EVERY SIN, EVERY PERSON, IN ALL OF HISTORY, PRESENT, AND FUTURE willl EVER COMMIT, every thought, every deed, every omission...He saw it all! And then He crucified His own son.

Isaiah 53:10-11 "Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes [c] his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life [d] and be satisfied [e] ; by his knowledge [f] my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities."

What did your sins cost? The life of the Son of God!!! In His final breath He yelled out this phrase "TETELESTAI!" which means "Paid in Full". Your sins were paid in full on the cross and for those who believe and live for Him, they are seen NO more..."As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." psalm 103:12

What an amazing love that truly is....
And the hope we can find in that as we know the story doesn't have a sad ending but a joyful, exciting, and unbelievable one...our Savior rose three days later "Jesus rose early on the first day of the week..."Mark 16:9

Take some time to say THANK YOU today for the mighty work of the cross. Although it can never be repaid, a gracious heart is due!

"Jesus Christ our Lord, moved by a love that was determined to do everything necessary to save us, endured and exhausted the destructive divine judgment for which we were otherwise inescapably destined, and so won us forgiveness, adoption and glory. To affirm penal substitution is to say that believers are in debt to Christ specifically for this, and that this is the mainspring of all their joy, peace and praise both now and for eternity.” J.I. Packer