Tetelestai

Our economy is very much based on debt. Most of us carry some debt, too many become overwhelmed by it.
In biblical times people avoided debt and if you owed, you worked hard to be released from your debt. When a debtor paid off the debt, the certificate of debt, listing all that was owed, was nailed to his door post, with the word "Tetelestai" written across it.

"Tetelestai" was one of the seven things Jesus said on the cross. It means "It is finished", the debt is paid.

We can rejoice at the fact that Jesus paid our debt. Paul says it nicely in Colossians 2:14.
He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
(Colo 2:14 NET)

Do you graspt the significance of being "debt-free" when it comes to your account with God?
You know the feeling of paying off a debt - it's freedom! That what Jesus accomplished for you on the cross.