What Was the Last Thing Jesus Wanted Us To Hear?

# 750- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 15:37, “And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. Mark sums up what took place at the exact end of Jesus' life. He died just like you or I or anyone else will die. At death, “we breath our last.” Jesus, God in the flesh, experienced the same death that you and I will experience, should the Lord tarry on His return. This is vital to know, because we shall also experience the same resurrection that He experienced! But what did He cry out at this momentous hour? What were His last words? What was it that He felt was necessary to say with an amplified voice. (He “cried out”) What was it that He wanted everyone to hear? John tells us it was “It is finished.” We might read that and say, “oh, Jesus was just making a declaration that His life was coming to an end,”But that's not what the Greek word means. It means the debt has been discharged! What debt? The total debt accumulation of all sins ever committed. Past, present, and future! The Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death, (Rom 6:23) This debt had been accruing ever since Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit. “the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Gen 2:17) Here, on Calvary Jesus makes it loudly known, that He made good on the debt of every sin ever committed for all time. Jesus didn't raise His voice very often, but he did on this day. He wants you and I to know that our sins were paid for on this glorious day, and God offers that gift of forgiveness to as many who receive Jesus. Joh 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: