The Spirit of the Lord has spoken to me to teach you daily during the eight days before Easter, Resurrection Sunday.
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Your Open Door – beginning Palm Sunday and leading into Easter Resurrection Morning! I want to
flood your spirit with faith as you discover the miracle that was the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and what it
can accomplish in your life TODAY!
DAY SIX:
Friday, March 29th - Important Last Words
Dear Friend,
Today is GOOD FRIDAY, the day we celebrate the atoning work of Christ’s Cross, when
He led captivity captive, and disarmed authorities and powers, and made a show of them openly.
We’re going to celebrate
TONIGHT during our
Good Friday Service at 7pm
Eastern time. Join us
in Columbus, Ohio or our great
congregation
in Elkhart, Indiana or live at
YouTube Live,
Facebook Live, or
RODPARSLEY.TV.!
THERE’S STILL TIME to
send in your prayer request and sow your Resurrection Seed. We’re going
to believe for miracles, signs, and wonders as God’s anointing is released as we receive
Holy Communion together.
Today, I want to cover with you a powerful truth revealed by
final words. After
all, final words are important. We have always been fascinated by the last words uttered before
someone enters eternity.
When someone is loved greatly, that person’s final words become something to be treasured.
The reason is simple - if you or I knew we could only say one more thing, we would choose the
most important thing worth saying. And those who love us would cherish those final words. So what
are the final words of our beloved Lord Jesus?
Of course, every recorded word Jesus spoke in His life on earth is of great value to us. We
rightly study them. We parse and mine them for meaning. In them we seek direction for our lives
and comfort for our souls-and never fail to find both.
Oh, but those lovely words gasped from that angry cross ... those seven brief statements-one of
them comprised only of two single-syllable words ... those words uniquely distinguished by the
unusual context in which they were uttered, so cherished beyond measure. They are rendered
incalculably precious by the price He paid to utter them.
Today, in honor of Christ’s Cross, I want to focus on a single phrase that crossed over
the lips of our Crucified King just before His death, that gives us every confidence that
victory is assured:
“It is finished.”
When John, the beloved disciple, recalls this statement to record it in his Gospel narrative, he
uses a Greek accounting term -
tetelestai.
Future English translations of John’s Gospel will render that term in a way that tends to
strip it of the legal and financial connotations. They translate it, “It is finished”
(three words for one).
But
tetelestai does not mean merely that a thing has ended. It has a far greater
implication than merely a clock has run out and the game has concluded. It is a declaration that
all has been accomplished.
Here’s what He was saying:
All that was lacking has now been supplied. The breach
has been healed. The debt has been fully satisfied. Shalom - nothing broken, nothing missing. Nothing.
Jesus covered it all - salvation, healing (of spirit, soul, and body), and deliverance, all through
the shedding of His blood and His death upon that cruel, rugged beam. All sickness, disease,
affliction, and addiction was atoned for, the price paid in full by our loving Savior, as was
forgiveness for our sins.
The Cross stands as the centerpiece of Paul’s preaching. “We preach Christ crucified,”
he bluntly explained to the believers in Corinth (1 Cor. 1:23). To the Colossians, Paul declared that
through Jesus’s work God reconciled all things in heaven and on earth to Himself “through
the blood of His cross” (Col. 1:20).
We must take particular notice of what the Scriptures say concerning the
washing of the
blood. Over and over, the blood alone is lifted up as the necessary agent of redemption.
Jesus Himself told His disciples at their final meal before His death that the wine represented
“
My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins”
(Matt. 26:28).
It is the shed blood of Jesus Christ that effected our glorious redemption. Thus, with the saints of
old we can joyously sing, “There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s
veins; and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains!”
The witness of Scripture is absolute and undisputable. The cross where Jesus shed His utterly innocent
blood is sufficient for the redemption of mankind. When Christ gave His life upon the Cross, He did
all that needed to be done. So we can echo Him today … “It is finished.”
- The plan for your salvation? It is made!
- The payment for your healing? It is finished!
- The ransom for your children - or grandchildren… It is paid!
- The peace for your mind, amidst untold trial? It is supplied!
- The provisions for your family… It is present!
Finished. Nothing broken. Nothing missing. Glory to the Lamb!
Be sure to join us tonight at
one of our campuses or
online at 7pm ET. Joni and I have been fasting,
praying, and believing for you to receive every ounce of God’s provision. I can’t
wait to see God pour these blessings out on your life:
- Debt cancellation and financial breakthrough
- Divine healing
- Family restoration and marriages saved
- Miraculous windfalls of supernatural provision
- And much, much more!
MY PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY:
Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by His blood, we come to You today FREE. Bought.
Purchased. Paid for. Redeemed. We thank You for the Cross, by which we are loosed from the bonds of
sin, and for the mighty Resurrection whereby we have Eternal Life. Reveal to us continually the fullness
of Your plan for us and Your life in us. We thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your sacrifice on Calvary - for
paying a price we could never pay, because of Your great love for us. Amen!
Yours for the Harvest,
Pastor Rod Parsley
DAY ONE:
Sunday, March 24th - Day 1: The Holiest Week of the Year
DAY TWO:
Monday, March 25th - Day 2: A Hero Emerges
DAY THREE:
Tuesday, March 26th - Day 3: A new location
DAY FOUR:
Wednesday, March 27th - Day 4: Our Canaan King’s Coronation
DAY FIVE:
Thursday, March 28th - Day 5: Three Powerful Keys
DAY SIX:
Friday, March 29th - Day 6: Important Last Words
DAY SEVEN:
Saturday, March 30th - Day 7: From Gloom to Glory
