It Is Finished! 3-4-12

The torn curtain represents much The torn curtain represents much. As long as the curtain stood, there was separation and only atonement for sin was possible. Perfection was out of the question. Check out these verses to the problem and solution of separation, sin and perfection!

Heb 9:8) the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. Heb 10:19) Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,

Heb 10:4) For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Heb 9:12) Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Heb 7:19) for the law made nothing perfect; Heb 10:14) For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Its all been nailed to the cross Its all been nailed to the cross! Col 2:14) having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Plus these:

Restored relationship Colossians 1:21) And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22) in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight–

We can now stand in God’s presence Heb 10:19) Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20) by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

Our shame is gone! 1 Pet 2:6) Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”

We reign in life. Security. Do you believe It We reign in life! Security! Do you believe It??? Rom 5:17) For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

We are reconciled to God 2 Corinthians 5:18) Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

It Is Finished!!! Mat 5:17) “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18) “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

Rom 7:6) But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. Gal 5:18) But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Gal 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23) gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

We are becoming the image of Christ We are becoming the image of Christ! 2 Cor 3:18) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. “Are being transformed” is a present passive, which means; We are right now, being acted upon by God to be conformed to Christ’s image.