1121 「成了！」
…你所托付我的事，我已成全了。 《约翰福音 17:4》
耶稣基督的死是神的心意和计划在历史中的实现；绝不可把耶稣基督看作是一个殉道者，祂的死不是偶然发生在祂身上的事情——不是可以避免的事。祂的死正是祂来到世间的原因。
永远不要以神是我们的父亲，因为祂爱我们，祂会赦免我们，作为你论证赦免的理由。那与神在耶稣基督里启示的真理相矛盾；它使十字架变得没有必要，救赎变成了「大惊小怪」。神赦罪只是因为基督的死。神能赦免人，只能透过祂儿子的死，别无他法；耶稣因祂的死而被尊崇为救主。「惟独见耶稣…因为受死的苦，就得了尊贵、荣耀为冠冕。」（希伯来书 2:9）。在震惊宇宙的耳中响起最伟大胜利之声，那是在基督的十字架上响起的——「成了！」（约翰福音 19:30）；这是人类救赎的最后之语。
任何透过对祂的爱的错误观点而减少或完全抹去神圣洁的事情，都与耶稣基督所启示的神的真理相矛盾。永远不要让你自己相信耶稣基督出于同情和怜悯与我们站在一起抵挡神，或者祂出于同情我们而为我们成为诅咒。耶稣基督为我们成为诅咒，是因着神的命定。我们在认识到祂受诅咒的重大意义，我们这里就会是知罪认罪。知罪认罪是赐给我们羞耻和悔改的礼物；这是神极大的怜悯。耶稣基督恨恶人们身上的罪，而加略山就是衡量祂的恨恶程度。
来自章伯斯的智慧
敬畏是一个人的心灵认识到神是谁以及祂为他个人所做的事情的状态。我们的主强调孩子的态度；没有什么态度能像孩子那样表达如此庄严的敬畏和亲密。《不知往何处去》
1121 “It is Finished!”
I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. —John 17:4
The death of Jesus Christ is the fulfillment in history of the very mind and intent of God. There is no place for seeing Jesus Christ as a martyr. His death was not something that happened to Him— something that might have been prevented. His death was the very reason He came.
Never build your case for forgiveness on the idea that God is our Father and He will forgive us because He loves us. That contradicts the revealed truth of God in Jesus Christ. It makes the Cross unnecessary, and the redemption “much ado about nothing.” God forgives sin only because of the death of Christ. God could forgive people in no other way than by the death of His Son, and Jesus is exalted as Savior because of His death. “We see Jesus…for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor…” (Hebrews 2:9). The greatest note of triumph ever sounded in the ears of a startled universe was that sounded on the Cross of Christ— “It is finished!” (John 19:30). That is the final word in the redemption of humankind.
Anything that lessens or completely obliterates the holiness of God, through a false view of His love, contradicts the truth of God as revealed by Jesus Christ. Never allow yourself to believe that Jesus Christ stands with us, and against God, out of pity and compassion, or that He became a curse for us out of sympathy for us. Jesus Christ became a curse for us by divine decree. Our part in realizing the tremendous meaning of His curse is the conviction of sin. Conviction is given to us as a gift of shame and repentance; it is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the sin in people, and Calvary is the measure of His hatred.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Awe is the condition of a man’s spirit realizing Who God is and what He has done for him personally. Our Lord emphasizes the attitude of a child; no attitude can express such solemn awe and familiarity as that of a child. Not Knowing Whither, 882 L