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This feed broadcasts the latest sermons and Sunday schools from Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Novato, CA. Our sermons seek to exposit Scripture, preaching Christ and the cross, and understanding the impact and demand of the Word on our lives. Church, Novato, Marin, Hankins, Sermon, Christian, OPC, San Rafael Rev. W. Reid Hankins Rev. W. Reid Hankins info@trinityopcnovato.org no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/22/finished/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/22/finished/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:37:08 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1327 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/22/finished/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Sermon preached on John 19:17-30 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Good Friday Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 4/22/2011 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. John 19:17-30 04/22/10 “It is Finished” It is finished[...] Sermon preached on John 19:17-30 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Good Friday Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 4/22/2011 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. John 19:17-30 04/22/10 “It is Finished” It is finished. Three little words in the English. Actually, only word even in the Greek. A single word of Jesus from the cross. And yet what significance it contains. This is a rich word in the original. It has the idea of accomplishment. It’s bringing an end to something; completing something. So many of Jesus’ words on the cross spoke of his sufferings. This one spoke of his accomplishment. This one spoke of how he had finished the work his Father had given him to do. Finally, it was complete. The suffering was at an end. The cross was finally at its end. And yet as we’ll see, this is not really a word of exhaustion. At the end of some long exhausting task, you might say something like this. I’m done. It might just mean you made it through. Certainly that’s part of what Jesus is saying. And yet surely this was not just a marker of completion for Jesus, but also for victory. Even one of a measure of peace. He had entrusted himself to his Father’s plan, and the plan had been accomplished. That’s a striking perspective then. The world at that time might have looked at this moment as the height of Jesus’ failure. There are unbelieving scholars today who have suggested that. That the cross represented the crowning failure of Jesus’ ministry. But that’s not how Jesus saw it. When he said it is finished, he was saying, “Mission Accomplished!” Well, how? If the cross looks like defeat, how is this mission accomplished? How is this victory? How can he peacefully give up his spirit here? That’s what we’ll consider today. We’ll consider first what was finished here. We’ll consider six things that have found their finish here at the cross. We’ll walk briefly through six things that have been accomplished and put to an end by what Jesus did here on Good Friday. These things are interrelated, but they are different nuances brought out by Scripture about what happened on Golgotha. After that, we’ll spend a few moments assessing all this and applying it to our lives today. So, let’s dig in. Jesus said, “It is finished.” What was finished? What was accomplished? Well, first let’s see that in light of prophecy. The prophecy was accomplished. The prophecy that spoke about Jesus’ suffering had come to its end; its conclusion; its fulfillment. Now, in general, we can say this of all the prophecies in the Scriptures about his sufferings. All his predicted sufferings had either come to pass or have been put into motion. Though, to be fair, there certainly are some remaining prophecies about his sufferings that had not yet come to pass. I’m thinking of prophecies about his actual death and burial. Those are to be imminently fulfilled. Certainly, in anticipation of those, Jesus statement of being finished would still apply. So, in a broad sense, we can see the accomplishment of prophecy with his word here. Even in the preceding verse, in verse 28, it says that Jesus knew all things were accomplished – that’s the same word as when he says it is finished. But then after it says in verse 28 that all things were accomplished, he proceeds with seeing that yet another scripture was fulfilled – his being given sour wine to drink. So, in other words, the fact that all things have been accomplished, doesn’t preclude a few final prophecies being fulfilled, like the sour wine, and his death, and his burial. I think the point is that all those prophecies about his suffering find their climax in the cross. They were about him coming to the cross and suffering in our place; for our salvation. Those had all c[...] Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/04/02/i-thirst/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/04/02/i-thirst/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:07:14 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=679 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/04/02/i-thirst/feed/ 0 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/03/21/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/03/21/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:54:38 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/2008/03/21/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/03/21/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/feed/ 0 0:31:38 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?   What words of anguish we hear in our Lord Jesus’ cry on the cross! My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?  Surely our mind is filled with questions when we consider this cry of our Lord. For this [...] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?   What words of anguish we hear in our Lord Jesus’ cry on the cross! My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?  Surely our mind is filled with questions when we consider this cry of our Lord. For this very word forsaken is a word full of woe.  The word forsaken is defined as “To leave altogether; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from”.  Why would God forsake his loving, faithful, and righteous son?  Why would God abandon the one who has been most faithful to Him?  Surely, we could understand if God forsook the wicked, but why the Christ? What is the answer to Jesus’ question?  Why is God forsaking him? Passage: Psalm 22; Matthew 27:27-54 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Good Friday Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/21/2008 in Novato, CA. Click here for the manuscript. Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no