你所托付我的事，我已成全了。（约十七4）
耶稣基督的死，是神的心意在历史上表现出来。绝不可把耶稣的死视作殉道，以为是偶然之事，且是可避免的。他的死，正是他来到世上的原因。
不要传讲神是父亲、因着他的爱赦免我们的道理。这个说法与耶稣基督所显明的神不符；若这样，便使十字架变得可有可无，而救赎更是多余的。神赦免罪恶，完全是因为基督的死。除了他儿子的死，神无法赦免罪，而耶稣也因他的死而被高举为救主。“耶稣……因为受死的苦，就得了尊贵荣耀为冠冕。”震撼宇宙最辉煌的胜利，就是基督在十字架上的话：“成了。”这是在人的救赎上的最后一句话的。
因对神的爱有错误的观念，以致轻乎了神的圣洁，都与耶稣基督所启示的神不符。千万不要认为耶稣基督是出于怜悯和同情才与我们站在一起对抗上帝；他出于同情才成为我们的诅咒。耶稣基督是按照上帝的旨意成为我们的诅咒。我们意识到这咒诅可怕意义的部分，就是为罪自责；这羞耻与悔罪的礼物赐给我们，乃是他极大的怜悯。耶稣基督恨透人所犯的罪，而加略山显明出他的恨有多深。
祈祷◆主啊，对于住在我里面的基督，我所给予的滋养是何其不足；噢，主啊，赦免我。求你让我充满赦罪的感觉，以致我不单在你的救恩中得着喜乐，更为着这里的工作被你的灵所充满。
November 21: It Is Finished
“I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” John 17:4
The Death of Jesus Christ is the performance in history of the very Mind of God. There is no room for looking on Jesus Christ as a martyr; His death was not something that happened to Him which might have been prevented: His death was the very reason why He came.
Never build your preaching of forgiveness on the fact that God is our Father and He will forgive us because He loves us. It is untrue to Jesus Christ’s revelation of God; it makes the Cross unnecessary, and the Redemption “much ado about nothing.” If God does forgive sin, it is because of the Death of Christ. God could forgive men in no other way than by the death of His Son, and Jesus is exalted to be Saviour because of His death. “We see Jesus because of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour.” The greatest note of triumph that ever sounded in the ears of a startled universe was that sounded on the Cross of Christ – “It is finished.” That is the last word in the Redemption of man.
Anything that belittles or obliterates the holiness of God by a false view of the love of God, is untrue to the revelation of God given by Jesus Christ. Never allow the thought that Jesus Christ stands with us against God out of pity and compassion; that He became a curse for us out of sympathy with us. Jesus Christ became a curse for us by the Divine decree. Our portion of realizing the terrific meaning of the curse is conviction of sin, the gift of shame and penitence is given us – this is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the wrong in man, and Calvary is the estimate of His hatred.