The Accomplishment of Salvation
Redemption Accomplished
The Finished Work of Christ
Description
When Christ cried 'It is finished,' He declared the completion of redemption. His work on the cross was not a potential salvation waiting for human acceptance but an actual redemption that accomplished its purpose. He obtained eternal redemption—not temporary or conditional, but eternal and complete. By one offering He perfected forever those who are sanctified. Nothing can be added to His finished work; nothing needs to be repeated. The sacrifice was offered once for all. Christ sat down at God's right hand because His priestly work of atonement was complete. We rest in a finished redemption, not in ongoing efforts to secure what Christ has already accomplished.
Key Verses
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.