Let’s get real honest here: millions of “Protestants” don’t have a clue about the reality of “It is finished”. We are told to “make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires”. Yes, this can mean Lust, but also “the boastful pride of life”. Flesh loves the idea of EARNING. So easy to go down that road.
Lots of preaching is nothing more than FLESH trying to beat down and subdue other FLESH. It will not and can not ever work. Proof: the CONSTANT and never-ending whining from pulpits wondering what’s WRONG with Christians or why the Church is SO INEFFECTIVE, etc.
The solution—IT IS FINISHED—would put a lot of people out of a job!
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.