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
