It is Finished | His Last Breath | Pastor Rodney Thrift
Luke 24:6a (ESV) 6 He is not here, but has risen.
He is risen; He is risen indeed!
In Greek…Christos Anesti; Alithos Anesti!
“Our old history ends with the cross. Our new history begins with the resurrection.” Watchman Nee
“Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good. He came to make dead people alive.” Leonard Ravenhill
John 19:30 (NIV) 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Mark 15:37-39 (ESV) 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
SOUL TATTOO: Jesus’ last breath made a way for me to live forever.
3 Thoughts from His Last Breath…
- A = Air is essential to live.
Genesis 2:7 (NLT) 7 Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person. - I = Intentionality was a key for us to live forever with Jesus.
Hebrews 12:2 (TMNT) 2Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.
Luke 24:6a (ESV) 6 He is not here, but has risen. - R = Relationship not Religion was Jesus’ mantra.
John 3:16 (ESV) 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Galatians 2:20-21 (NLT) 20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So, I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.
5 keys to Breathing Again:
- All of us have sinned.
Romans 3:23 (ESV) 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. - All of us are loved.
Romans 5:8 (ESV) 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - All of us can have life.
Romans 6:23 (ESV) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 10:10 (ESV) 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. - All of us can believe and receive.
Romans 10:9-10 (ESV) 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Ephesians 1:19-20 (NLT) 19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms. - All of us can be saved.
John 1:29 (ESV) 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 14:6 (ESV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Romans 10:13 (ESV) 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Philippians 1:6 (ESV) 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
John 5:24 (NLT) 24 “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
SOUL TATTOO: His last breath made a way for me to live forever.