Living Life Under the Banner which reads, “Is It Finished”

So, by all means work! But the hard work is not what you think it is—your personal improvement and moral progress. The hard work is washing your hands of you and resting in Christ’s finished work for you—which will inevitably produce personal improvement and moral progress. Progress in obedience happens when our hearts realize that God’s love for us does not depend on our progress in obedience. Martin Luther’s got a point: ‘It is not imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.’

The real question, then, is: What are you going to do now that you don’t have to do anything? What will your life look like lived under the banner which reads “It is finished?”

— Tullian Tchividjian, Jesus Plus Nothing Equals Everything

The video below by Matt Papa is extremely moving both in lyrics and images. Please note that the video footage used is from some of the most gruesome and graphic scenes from The Passion of the Christ.