The Cross: Portrait of Divine Love
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The Cross: Portrait of Divine Love
1 This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group of people or any human authority, but by Jesus Christ himself and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead.
2 All the brothers and sisters here join me in sending this letter to the churches of Galatia.
3 May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
4 Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.
5 All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
INTRODUCTION:
I- IT WAS AN ACT OF VOLUNTARY SUFFERING. ()
I- IT WAS AN ACT OF VOLUNTARY SUFFERING. ()
4 Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.
A- Christ’s death was voluntary.
Jesus was a volunteer not a victim.
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9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.
18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”
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1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
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14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.
B. His death was painful.
The beatings
His beard torn out
Nailed to the cross
Emotional pain
Hymn: “Grace Greater Than Our Sin” by Julia Johnston
Verse 1
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt,
yonder on Calvary's mount out-poured,
there where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.
2 Dark is the stain that we cannot hide,
what can avail to wash it away!
Look! there is flowing a crimson tide;
whiter than snow you may be today. [Refrain]
Verse 2
2 Dark is the stain that we cannot hide,
what can avail to wash it away!
Look! there is flowing a crimson tide;
whiter than snow you may be today. [Refrain]
Dark is the stain that we cannot hide,
what can avail to wash it away!
Look! there is flowing a crimson tide;
whiter than snow you may be today. [Refrain]
Verse 3
Verse 3
Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,
freely bestowed on all who believe;
you that are longing to see his face,
will you this moment his grace receive? [Refrain]
3 Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,
freely bestowed on all who believe;
you that are longing to see his face,
will you this moment his grace receive? [Refrain]
Refrain:
Grace, grace, God's grace,
grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
grace, grace, God's grace,
grace that is greater than all our sin.
II- IT WAS AN ACT OF SUBSTITUTIONARY SUFFERING. ()
II- IT WAS AN ACT OF SUBSTITUTIONARY SUFFERING. ()
4 Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.
A- Our sin.
One act of sin places us in a fallen condition.
When Adam and Eve committed the first sin, it ended their innocence. ()
One act of sin makes us guilty of breaking the entire law of God. ()
10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws.
(1) That sin does not have to be a “big one.”
c. The most seriously sin:
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23 Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
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9 Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son.
10 All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son.
11 And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.
B- Our sentence
1- God’s holy nature demands a penalty for sin.
2- The penalty for sin is death and hell.
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23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
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12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
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11 And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.
12 I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
13 The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds.
14 Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.
15 And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.
C- Our substitute
1- The New Testament phrase “ὑπερ των ἁμαρτιων” means that he gave himself for (because of) our sins.
ὑπερ των ἁμαρτιων” mean that he died instead of or in place of ourselves.
2- The Scriptures emphasize the substitutionary nature of Christ’s death. (, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; )
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21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
III- IT WAS AN OFFERING FOR ALL PEOPLE. ()
III- IT WAS AN OFFERING FOR ALL PEOPLE. ()
4 Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.
A- His purpose in dying was to deliver us from sin.
1- “Deliver” – “to rescue one who is helpless.”
a. We were:
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disobedient
Blinded by the devil ()
4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
blinded by the devil ()
Bound under the death penalty ()
12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
Branded-at war with God ()
21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.
Broken- hopeless and helpless. ()
12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
Bereft- Spiritually dead. ()
1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
B- His purpose of dying was to demonstrate his love. ()
8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
1- how could he demonstrate his love more clearly?
“All Pervasive” (Knights master book of illustrations 391)
CONCLUSION:
“Why he did it” “ (KMB 391)