When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30

My wife shared this idea with me.

 “It is finished” were the last words spoken by Jesus on the cross at Calvary as recorded by John the Apostle. They are amongst some of the most well-known verses of scripture standing alongside Psalm 23, John 14:1-3, Genesis 1:1 and Matthew 6:9-13 commonly known as the Lord’s prayer.

Got questions.org gave me this definition. “It is finished.” Found only in the Gospel of John, the Greek word translated “it is finished” is tetelestai, an accounting term that means “paid in full.” When Jesus uttered those words, He was declaring the debt owed to His Father was wiped away completely and forever. Not that Jesus wiped away any debt that He owed to the Father; rather, Jesus eliminated the debt owed by mankind—the debt of sin.

Matthew 5:37 states,

‘But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.’ 

If we are not sure what that means James 5:12 makes it clearer,

‘But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.’

It’s either a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ to Jesus. There are no grey areas when it comes to salvation. The only way we can reject the free gift, paid for by the blood of our willing saviour, is to say no through our actions and our words. Don’t call time on a chance to spend eternity with Jesus, whatever you have done or are you are going through, will pass. Jesus is giving you, us a chance to spend our lives with him in heaven. This isn’t a fairy tale or fancy words, it’s the real thing.

Jesus said ‘it is finished’ as he paid the debt for our sins. All he asks us to say is ‘yes.’ Say yes to Jesus today.

Derrick Brinkley sings ‘Say Yes.’ Click on the picture to listen.