The word “finished” can refer to many things.  Almost anything can be finished…a meal, an exam, a book.  Since it is Christmas time, it is pretty much guaranteed that many people across the world felt compelled to spend a little more than their means this year, sending them into debt.  The word “debt” is like that too, it has many meanings.  You can be in debt financially, or you can be indebted to someone because of something they may have done for you. 

                Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, coming down from an incomprehensible paradise to our world; a mess to say the least.  Now a days most agree the true meaning of Christmas isn’t about getting gifts, but we still don’t get it right.  People say things like “It’s about being with family, and giving”.  While being with family, and giving from the heart are amazing attributes of Christmas, it still is so much greater.  So back to the first sentence, if this Jesus does exist, why would he do such a thing?  He did it for all of us, personally so that we may be saved from our messed up souls and come to know our creator in order to spend life with him eternally in that very paradise he descended from.  He knows everything about you already, he created you after all…but he wants a personal relationship with you.  You and Him.  He died and rose in order so that this could happen! 

                Christmas is about the coming of our savior, a God man who came down and FINISHED our DEBTS.  Hanging there upon the cross, having just drank vinegar from a sponge, Jesus says “It is finished”, or in the Greek teleō.  What the heck does that mean?  Well, the Greek form is the vernacular of what was said since the New Testament is written in Greek.  This form of the word finished means to fulfill a payment, to discharge a debt, to complete.  So we must remember that if we’ve accepted Christ as our Savior, IT IS FINISHED!  Our sins have been cleansed, and nothing can separate us from his love.  May your peace come from the knowledge that your savior came, and finished the task before him, all for you.  That is what Christmas is about. 

Merry Christmas everyone, and God Bless

Brian