What Are We Trying To Add?

By Kay Heitsch

When Jesus said, "It is finished" on the cross, He meant, It is finished! There is nothing we can add to the completed work of Jesus.

Will adding our good works or our good behavior help? Jesus came to fulfill the law. Matthew 5:17 He is the law! How we behave is for our own benefit. It won't help pay for our eternal life in Heaven.

How about adding our guilt and regret for whatever we have done? Psalm 103:12 says" "He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west."" Isaiah 43:25 says" "I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again."

As far as I can see, we can add nothing to the finished work Jesus did on the cross.

So how shall we live? I love John 10:10. The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

I don't know about you, but I know I can't add anything to Jesus' finished work; I accept that Jesus paid it all. But I can live the abundant life Jesus died to give me with a thankful heart for His completed work.