“It is finished!” (John 19:30)
Two little letters at the end of a word make all the difference in the world. Please read on and be greatly encouraged today.
I remember back before I was saved and visiting a local church and the pastor would say often, “It’s not about a religion, it’s about a relationship.” It took a while for me to understand that biblical truth, but when I got it, I understood the difference between the words “DO” and “DONE!”
The religion I grew up in was about doing, doing, and doing some more. The list of things to do was endless. What was being taught was heaven was available for all those who could do enough to get in. The great challenge with this was how would you know when you actually did enough to have God unlock the gates of heaven and let you in? Sadly, you would never know, and because you would never know, you would never experience the freedom, joy, and peace that is promised in the gospel.
But Christianity is about what God in Christ has done for us. What Jesus did for us we could never do for ourselves. Why? Because we are way too sinful to save ourselves. The Bible tells us, “The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time” (Genesis 6:5). Sinners need a Savior and His name is Jesus. Our verse today is perhaps one of the most well-known in all of sacred Scripture, and it can be said in one word – DONE!
Our debt was paid in full. Our salvation was accomplished and secured in Christ. Every religion in the world is built upon the foundation of DO. Only Christianity is built upon the foundation of DONE. Perhaps there is no more difficult truth for us to grasp than the truth that God saves us by His grace and not our good works. To be sure, there is much to do after we are saved, but our good works are the fruit of our salvation, not the root. So, does your life reflect the truth of DO or DONE? The last two letters make all the difference in the world.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 