Dear Friends,
Last Sunday the pianist played a piece called “It is finished!” with the words on a screen. I had not heard it before but the music was beautiful and the words were deeply moving so I looked it up to share it with you today. God bless you and may He use this song in your heart as He did in mine.

Because of Calvary,
John Janney

• John 19:30 (ESV)

  30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

IT IS FINISHED!

“There’s a line that is drawn through the ages
On that line stands an old rugged cross
On that cross, a battle is raging
To gain a man’s soul or it’s loss
On one side, march the forces of evil
All the demons, all the devils of hell
On the other, the angels of glory
And they meet on Golgotha’s hill
The earth shakes with the force of the conflict
And the sun refuses to shine
For there hangs God’s son, in the balance
And then through the darkness he cries

It is finished, the battle is over
It is finished, there’ll be no more war
It is finished, the end of the conflict
It is finished and Jesus is Lord

Yet in my heart, the battle was still raging
Not all prisoners of war had come home
These were battlefields of my own making
I didn’t know that the war had been won
Oh, but then I heard the king of the ages
Had fought all the battles for me
And that victory was mine for the claiming
And now praise his name, I am free.”

[Bill and Gloria Gaither]