Download Lesson: 1.18.26 Class Notes- John 19 v17-42

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Our salvation rests entirely on Christ’s completed work, not our performance. We don’t add to the cross with good works, morality, or religious effort. This frees us as believers from guilt-driven obedience and replaces it with grateful obedience. So we are invited to stop trying to earn what Christ has already secured. Guard ourselves from legalism and performance-based Christianity.

Another consideration is that God is always in control – even in suffering. What looks chaotic is often sovereign. God is not reacting to evil but reigning over it. Our darkest moments may be fulfilling purposes we cannot yet see. Accordingly, let’s trust God when circumstances feel unjust or senseless. Let’s remember that God’s sovereignty doesn’t remove pain, but redeems it. Our story is not “out of control!”