1121 「成了！」
…你所託付我的事，我已成全了。 《約翰福音 17:4》
耶穌基督的死是神的心意和計劃在歷史中的實現；絕不可把耶穌基督看作是一個殉道者，祂的死不是偶然發生在祂身上的事情——不是可以避免的事。祂的死正是祂來到世間的原因。
永遠不要以神是我們的父親，因為祂愛我們，祂會赦免我們，作為你論證赦免的理由。那與神在耶穌基督里啟示的真理相矛盾；它使十字架變得沒有必要，救贖變成了「大驚小怪」。神赦罪只是因為基督的死。神能赦免人，只能透過祂兒子的死，別無他法；耶穌因祂的死而被尊崇為救主。「惟獨見耶穌…因為受死的苦，就得了尊貴、榮耀為冠冕。」（希伯來書 2:9）。在震驚宇宙的耳中響起最偉大勝利之聲，那是在基督的十字架上響起的——「成了！」（約翰福音 19:30）；這是人類救贖的最後之語。
任何透過對祂的愛的錯誤觀點而減少或完全抹去神聖潔的事情，都與耶穌基督所啟示的神的真理相矛盾。永遠不要讓你自己相信耶穌基督出於同情和憐憫與我們站在一起抵擋神，或者祂出於同情我們而為我們成為詛咒。耶穌基督為我們成為詛咒，是因着神的命定。我們在認識到祂受詛咒的重大意義，我們這裡就會是知罪認罪。知罪認罪是賜給我們羞恥和悔改的禮物；這是神極大的憐憫。耶穌基督恨惡人們身上的罪，而加略山就是衡量祂的恨惡程度。
來自章伯斯的智慧
敬畏是一個人的心靈認識到神是誰以及祂為他個人所做的事情的狀態。我們的主強調孩子的態度；沒有什麼態度能像孩子那樣表達如此莊嚴的敬畏和親密。《不知往何處去》
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