THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
“I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished
the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” John 17:4
The “Jesus” of the Armenian - freewill - works religionist accomplished
precisely nothing for the glory of God, nor did he accomplish anything
for sinful man. There could be nothing more dishonoring to the character
of God the Father and the Person and work of God the Son than the system
of works religion which delegates the cause and accomplishment of salvation
to the sinner. Neither does the self-acclaimed Calvinistic intellectual,
who insists upon the mere doctrinal knowledge of revealed truth as the
foundation of faith and hope of eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord,
honor God and His Son. They completely ignore the accomplishment of
our Redeemer in the work of the Holy Spirit in the execution of that
which Christ has accomplished in regeneration … in the impartation of
the righteousness of Christ and Spiritual life to the elect. When our
Lord said, “I have glorified Thee on the earth:
I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do”, He was
speaking of every thing from election to glorification…even our calling
and preservation in Christ. Every thing that God the Father required,
God the Son provided…He finished the work…even the giving of life to
dead, chosen sinners. Any system of religion that even hints that salvation
is by any thing that the sinner knows or does robs God and His Son of
the glory and is false. Doctrinal truth is revealed in Christ to those
to whom He has given life, which includes faith, knowledge, and understanding.
The life and faith of God’s elect is the accomplishment of the Lord
Jesus Christ as well as the righteousness He wrought for us and the
death that He died to put away our sin. He completely, perfectly, and
eternally finished all the work that the Father gave Him to do, and
therefore God is glorified in the Son, and those for whom He accomplished
salvation are glorified in Him, and He is glorified in them - “… all
Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them”
- John 17:10. The Lord Jesus Christ started my salvation, and
HE FINISHED IT! What an accomplishment! “To God be the glory;
Great things He hath done!”
Tommy
