It Is Finished (10 pack) ESV

In this booklet, Dane Ortlund offers a clear, accessible explanation of the wonder of the gospel, prompting readers to acknowledge their sins, believe that Jesus’s death paid the price “once and for all,” and joyfully receive salvation.

**“It Is Finished”**

Jesus Christ’s final words, hanging upon that cross, were: “It is finished” (John 19:30). What does that mean?

It means that when Jesus Christ showed up twenty centuries ago, he had not come to start a new religion. He had come to end all religion.

Religion is about what we do for God. The message of Jesus—what he called “the gospel” or “happy announcement”—is about what God has done for us.

Religion hands us a stack of bills to pay. The gospel hands us a blank check.

The Central Message of Christianity

The central message of Christianity is not what many people think—including many people who have been attending church their whole lives. Like an adopted orphan who has trouble accepting that his new parents really love him, we all deeply believe that God deals with us on terms of religion, not gospel.

What then is the central message of Christianity?...Read less