but when Jesus bore it on the cross, He bore it all, it was finished. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us" (Gal. 3 : 1 3 ). It was an awful draught! The first sip caused Him to sweat, as it were, great drops of blood, as He prayed, "Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done" (Luke 22 : 42 ). And He drank on till He cried, "It is finished." The Bridge of Reunion was finished. Sin had separated man from God; but Christ bridged the gulf from God to man, and back from man to God. Christ's deity the buttress on one side, with the cross for a central support, the bridge is finished and opened free of toll. The Forth .bridge, with its length of 2765 yards and cost of. £3,000,000 is nothing compared to this bridge, built from earth to heaven at the cost of the precious blood of Christ. All I have to do is to trust it. The Preparation of a Feast is finished. "Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my failings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage" (Matt. 2 2 : 4 ), The Robe of Presentation fitting us for the feast is also finished. God has provided the material and the workmanship. "It is finished." Woe be to those who neglect to put it on. "And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment; and he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then saith the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer dark- ness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matt. 22: 11-13.) All being finished on God's part, let us finish our unbelief by immediate faith in the finished work, then we shall be able to sing, "I believe!... I believe! and I know it is done, That my sins are all pardoned—yes, every one; The finished salvation by Christ on the tree, Has wrought out deliverance even for me." This will lead us to finish with the old ways and to begin living for God. On a tomb in Bath, dated 1657; is the following: "I dare not work my soul to save; That work the Lord hath done; But I will work like any slave, For the love of God's dear Son." Let the unsaved beware, lest God should say of the day of grace, "It is finished." 1 . i
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