Christ’s Finished Work is a deep, multi-faceted subject, but I believe we can say that the purpose behind all Jesus accomplished on the cross is contained in the one word, "reconciliation."

Believers now have the authority of Christ that enables us to cast out demons. The Holy Spirit backs up our commands to these evil beings and forces them to obey.

Physical healing is part of the atonement just as much as the forgiveness of sins.

When earthly fathers speak blessings over their children, it opens a conduit from heaven in their lives.

When we are filled with God's Spirit, we have the authority of Christ which overcomes the power of the enemy and  the power of the Holy Spirit within us to enforce Christ's authority.

Jesus redeemed us from this internal defilement by taking our defilement into himself when he hung upon the cross.

When we rebelliously or naively abandon God and the purpose for which he created us, we open the floodgates of evil and confusion.

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God knew ahead of time all we would ever think, say, or do, and still chose to love us. This is a big antidote to shame.

Confidence at the judgment seat of Christ depends upon our conviction that we have been set free from the threat of the second death.

If we hold to our own interpretations and traditions with a high regard and show respect for those held by others, and we refuse to allow our hearts to be divided from other groups because of these things, it shows that we have been redeemed from the power of tradition. Doctrine divides, but God's love and the Holy Spirit unite us.