Red Letters | Finale
John 19:28-30 - 28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
1 - Christ Finished His Work.
2 - Jesus taught that life if all about death.
3 - You must die to really live.
4 - The only good Christian is a dead Christian.
5 - Focus on Finishing.
John 10:18 - No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.
Luke 9:23 - And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”
Luke 9:24 - “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.”
Romans 6:11 - Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
2 Corinthians 8:11 - Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it,