The Cross – A Finished Work

“Which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants; the one from Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children, But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren, that beareth not; break forth and cry, thou that travaiest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she, which hath a husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the Scriptures? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.” Gal.4: 24-31.

The Law given on Mount Sinai brought bondage, slavery, and men became guilty; but now we are under a new covenant. Even though Ishmael was a son of Abraham, yet both he and his mother Hagar, were cast out, and neither had a share in the promise, which God gave Abraham. In the same manner, all those who come under bondage will be cast out for trying to become just and righteous by Circumcision, Sabbath or by man’s effort.

Roman Catholics want to become righteous by taking part in their Priestmade Masses on Sunday mornings or weekdays, rather than believing on the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ. These Seventh day Adventists like Roman Catholics will be cast out and will have no share whatsoever in God’s inheritance, because they prefer to come under bondage. God gave them Salvation and our Lord Jesus Christ completed the work of Salvation on the cross when He said, “it is finished”. But the Seventh Day Adventists are trying to add something more to salvation saying, “No, Lord, it is not finished, we are Seventh Day Adventists, Lord! We must add Sabbath to Salvation”.

Suppose you construct and complete a beautiful building and someone says it is not complete. He then takes a broken peace of earthen pot, puts coal tar on it and draws some ugly figures and then stamps it on the building to complete it: How would you feel? That is how these Seventh Day Adventists are trying to add to the work of Salvation. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who knew no sin, was made sin for us. He paid the complete penalty for our sins, bore a curse and became a curse for us when he died on the cross for us. That is why we say it is all finished, and now we have to believe it and receive it by faith.