"It Is Finished."

From: The Evangelist: Volume 4 (1870) By: Hugh Henry Snell

John 19:30 • 1 min. read • grade level: 6

JOHN 19:30³⁰When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:30)

OH! the blessedness of knowing that a full, free, perfect and everlasting salvation is mine! mine now! mine by God's appointment! for the shed blood of Christ is to every one free. (See 2 Cor. 5:15¹⁵And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (2 Corinthians 5:15); 2 Peter 3:9⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9).) The poorer the wretch the welcomer he! Its power is almighty—its virtue divine, to cleanse souls completely though filthy as mine.

“But now in Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2:13¹³But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13).)

'My chains are snapt! the bonds of sin are broken!
And I am free:
Oh, let the triumphs of His grace be spoken
Who died for me!
O death and hell! I cannot dread your power:
THE DEBT IS PAID.
On Jesus, in that dark and dreadful hour,
My guilt was laid.
Yes, Jesus bore it! bore, in love unbounded,
What none can. know:
He died—but then revived, and so confounded
The awful foe.
He's now up there! proclaim the joyful story,
THE LORD 's ON HIGH
And I in Him am raised to endless glory,
And ne'er can die!'

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