It Is Finished
Read John 19:17-30.
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Today, you will be with me in paradise.
Behold your son; behold your mother!
MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?
I thirst.
It is finished!
Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.
The last breath escapes from the body. The arms hang taut, the legs go slack, the head slumps.
Darkness.
Blood and water flowing down.
He hangs on the cross, not in defeat, but in victory, because the real powers of this world have been defeated by one act of self-giving love.
It is finished. It is finished indeed.
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Today, you will be with me in paradise.
Behold your son; behold your mother!
MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?
I thirst.
Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.
The last breath escapes from the body. The arms hang taut, the legs go slack, the head slumps.
Darkness.
Blood and water flowing down.
He hangs on the cross, not in defeat, but in victory, because the real powers of this world have been defeated by one act of self-giving love.
It is finished. It is finished indeed.
Amen!!!
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