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O, Jesus, Lord, ’tis joy to know
Thy path is o’er of shame and woe,
By Thee so meekly trod.
All finished is Thy work of toil,
Thou reapest now the fruit and spoil,
Exalted by our God.
Thy path is o’er of shame and woe,
By Thee so meekly trod.
All finished is Thy work of toil,
Thou reapest now the fruit and spoil,
Exalted by our God.
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Thy holy head, once bound with thorns,
The crown of glory now adorns;
Thy seat, the Father’s throne.
O Lord, e’en now we sing Thy praise,
Ours the eternal song to raise,
Worthy the Lord alone!
The crown of glory now adorns;
Thy seat, the Father’s throne.
O Lord, e’en now we sing Thy praise,
Ours the eternal song to raise,
Worthy the Lord alone!
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We triumph in Thy triumphs, Lord,
Thy joys our deepest joys afford,
The fruit of love divine.
While sorrowing, suff’ring, toiling here,
How does the thought our spirits cheer,
The throne of glory’s Thine!
Thy joys our deepest joys afford,
The fruit of love divine.
While sorrowing, suff’ring, toiling here,
How does the thought our spirits cheer,
The throne of glory’s Thine!
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G. The Work of His All-inclusive Death Finished
John 19:30 says, “Then when Jesus had taken the vinegar, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and delivered up His spirit. ” The Lord worked continually until He was put on the cross (5:17). But even in His crucifixion the Lord was still working. How do we know that He was still working on the cross? Because before He died, He said, “It is finished! ” While He was being crucified, He was still working for the redemption of sinners, for the destruction of the serpent, for the release of the divine life, and for the accomplishment of God’s eternal purpose. At the last minute, after everything had been accomplished, He declared to the whole universe, “It is finished! ” Then He died and entered into rest. Praise the Lord Jesus! Only He could do this. Through His crucifixion He finished the work of His all-inclusive death by which He accomplished redemption, terminated the old creation, and released His resurrection life to bring forth the new creation to fulfill God’s purpose. In the process of death, He proved to His opposers and His believers by the way He behaved, that He was life. The dreadful environment of death did not frighten Him in the least. Rather, it provided a contrast, which proved strongly that He, as life, was versus death and could not be affected by death in any way.
Message 42 Life-study of John (LSM)
THE LORD’S CRUCIFIXION
Pilate submitted to the Jews’ request and unjustly sentenced the Lord to death by crucifixion (vv. 15-16). The Jews took the Lord, and “bearing the cross for Himself, He went out to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him” (vv. 17-18). When the soldiers divided His garments, they fulfilled a prophecy in the Scriptures ( vv. 23-24 ). On the cross the Lord endured all manner of sufferings, and He felt thirsty and said, “I thirst” (v. 28). Therefore, some “put a sponge full of vinegar on hyssop and brought it to His mouth” (v. 29). Then when Jesus had taken the vinegar, He said, “It is finished! ” And He bowed His head and delivered up His spirit (v. 30). The Lord’s death in this manner was a victorious death, and it also accomplished great things. Consequently, the Lord said, “It is finished! ” Hallelujah, the Lord died, and “it is finished! ” We should be joyful because of the Lord’s death and rejoice because of all that it has accomplished.
The Lord Dying Willingly
The Lord’s death on the cross was His laying down of His life for us willingly and voluntarily. In chapter 10 the Lord said, “I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep” (v. 11). Then He said, “No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from My Father” (v. 18). In chapter 12 the Lord said that He would fall into the ground and die as a grain of wheat in order to bear much fruit (v. 24). In chapters 14 and 16 He told the disciples that by going away through death He would be transfigured in resurrection and come again as the Spirit (14:16-20, 26-28; 16:5-7, 13-16). His death and His resurrection were all up to Him. He died willingly instead of being forced. His death was completely different from the death of a martyr or a common person. A martyr has no say in his death. A common person’s death even more is out of his control; he cannot avoid being captured by death. However, the Lord willingly walked into death and then walked out of death; this means that He was resurrected. Like a living seed, He has not only the element of life but also the power of resurrection life. As such a seed, He voluntarily fell into the ground to die so that the element of life and resurrection within Him could grow out of Him in resurrection. He went through this process voluntarily; He was not forced or compelled in the least.
Revelations in John:
Seeing the Essential Significance
of Life and Building
Chapter 25 CWWL, 1959, vol. 1 (LSM)