It is Finished!
We are not meant to live a shame-filled Christian life. A life in Jesus should not be one crushed under the weight of condemnation. Jesus paid too high a price for this to be our reality.
IT IS FINISHED!
They are the words of Jesus as He hung on the Cross. They are some of His last words before dying. He was in excruciating pain. It took great effort to get them out. They are obviously important. So what do they mean?
Our debt is paid. The huge backlog of justice God stored up for mankind was poured out on God’s Son. The penalty for all of our sins was taken by Jesus. The scales of justice were balanced. Jesus paid it all for us so that all of our sins can be washed away…forever. That is right. Forever our sins are gone. For More read What Grace Really Means: Freedom and Jesus doesn’t Need Our Penance
Jesus died so He can take us, His wayward creations and present us to the Father perfect and spotless.
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling,
And to present you faultless
Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
25 To God our Savior,
Who alone is wise,
Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and power,
Both now and forever.
Amen. Jude 24-25
This is why shame and Christians have no place together. Yes, we sin and yes, we should feel bad about it. But Jesus already washed us clean of it so Go and Sin no more! He who is forgiven little, loves little but she who is forgiven much…?
With this in mind, here are 41 more verses on the wonderful subject of Forgiveness. It is so important to our awesome Savior, I could post 41 more and still not cover them all.
1) Ephesians 1:7
In him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
2) Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
3) 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
4) Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
5) Psalm 103:10-14
He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
6) 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
7) Ephesians 4:31-32
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
8) Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
9) Colossians 3:13
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
10) Luke 17:3-4
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
11) Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
11A) Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
12) Mark 11:25
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
13) Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
14) Matthew 18:21-22
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
15) Proverbs 28:13
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
16) Luke 23:33-34
And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
17) Acts 7:59-60
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
18) Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
19) Acts 3:19
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,
20) Acts 10:43
To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
21) Luke 6:27
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
22) Luke 6:37
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
23) Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
24) Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
25) Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
26) Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
27) Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
28) John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
29) Luke 7:44-50
Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
30) Jeremiah 31:34
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
31) Isaiah 43:25
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
32) Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
33) Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
34) 1 John 2:1
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
35) Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
36) 2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
37) Hebrews 10:17
“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
38) Colossians 1:13-14
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
39) Psalm 86:5
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
40) Isaiah 43:25-26
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
41) Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
