A Brief Scriptural Synopsis of the Finished Work of
the Cross of Jesus Christ:
* We are ALREADY cleansed and perfected by virtue of the Finished Work!
"For by ONE offering He hath PERFECTED for ever them that are sanctified." (Hebrews 10:14) I love the way the Amplified Bible expresses this also; "For by a single offering He has forever COMPLETELY CLEANSED AND PERFECTED those who are consecrated and made holy." There is nothing more that we can do to enhance this cleansing and perfection that was provided by His one offering. All we do is rest in His offering.
* We are ALREADY sanctified by virtue of the blood of the finished work!
"Wherefore Jesus also, that he might SANCTIFY the people with his own BLOOD, suffered without the gate." (Hebrews 13:12) In the past I have always thought of sanctification as a process, however the Word clearly states that I am sanctified by ONE offering of the blood of Christ. So the process involved is not a process of being sanctified, but rather a process of renewing my mind to the fact that I am ALREADY sanctified!
* The WORK was FINISHED before it even started (in a sense)!
"...although the works were FINISHED from the foundation of the world." (Hebrews 4:3) "..the Lamb SLAIN from the foundation of the world." (Revelation 13:8) Because Father is outside of and not confined by our time/ space continuum, He sees the end from the beginning. When He creates, He creates things finished and complete in spirit, even though there may appear to be a process or period of time for that thing to come into manifestation in this natural realm. For example, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain from the foundation of the world... however it did not come into manifestation until 2000 and some years ago. Yet, it was finished before it even started. Indeed, it is a Finished Work!
* We must appropriate the Finished Work by FAITH!
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, NOT being mixed with FAITH in them that heard it. For we which have BELIEVED do enter into rest..." (Hebrews 4:1-3) Indeed it is a Finished Work, but in order for that work to be manifested in my life, I must appropriate it by faith. "Now FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]." (Hebrews 11:1 Amplified Bible) It seems that most everything in this spiritual life we are living is appropriated and activated by faith.
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