Ebenezer Bible Fellowship Sunday Sermons

The Finished Work of Christ

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A pastor explains why you can never truly finish a Slurpee, then reveals his struggle to complete his father's Corvette restoration.

The episode is a Good Friday sermon delivered at Ebenezer Bible Fellowship. The speaker opens with prayer, acknowledging the tension of calling the day of Christ's brutal death 'Good.' He introduces the theme of 'it is finished' from John 19:30. To illustrate human struggles with completion, he shares two analogies: first, that a Slurpee is never fully finished because a drop always remains; second, his personal project to restore his late father's 1982 Corvette, which constantly reveals new problems. He reads John 19:29-30, where Jesus says 'It is finished' on the cross. The speaker explains that the Greek word for 'finished' is in the perfect tense, indicating a completeness that sustains itself eternally, unlike temporal human works. He then recounts the extensive suffering Jesus endured: betrayal, false arrest, denial, beating, mocking, being crowned with thorns, carrying the cross, and crucifixion. Despite this injustice, Jesus's declaration is a shout of conquest, fulfilling God's promises. The speaker reads Hebrews 10:1-18, which contrasts the old covenant's repeated animal sacrifices with Christ's single, perfect sacrifice. He explains that this establishes a new covenant of grace, where God's law is written on believers' hearts, transforming duty into desire. The speaker shares an anecdote from his time in Vietnam and Cambodia, observing repetitive rituals in Buddhist and Hindu temples as a contrast to the finished work of Christ. He challenges listeners to examine if they live as if Christ's work is incomplete, trying to earn God's favor. The sermon concludes with Hebrews 10:19-23, encouraging believers to draw near to God with confidence because of Christ's blood. The speaker reflects that his father, through faith in Christ, finished the true race and heard 'well done, good and faithful servant.' He prays that listeners would live in the freedom of Christ's finished work.

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A grave Good Friday sermon on Christ's finished work and the grace that leaves nothing to earn.

This Good Friday sermon turns on a hard paradox: the cross is brutal, vile, and disgusting, yet it is called good because of Christ and his faithfulness.

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You want Good Friday preaching that hears "It is finished" as a conqueror's cry and follows why the cross can be called good.

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