Imagine looking at Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre Museum. Would you think of adding more brush strokes to it? Of course not! It was done by a master, so what could you possibly add to the painting to improve it? In the same way, that is how we are to look at Jesus' work on the cross. He cried out, " It is finished!" You cannot complete a completed work. You cannot finish a finished work. Our salvation is won. Our sins are all forgiven. We are made forever righteous by His blood. Christ paid completely and perfectly for our total forgiveness, righteousness and every blessing! In fact, these three words, " It is finished", come from one Greek word teleo. In the days of Jesus, a servant would use it when … [Read more...]