"He Fixed It for Me"
Jesus is uniquely built to be our substitutionary sacrifice for sin
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
We’re Built for This!
Christology in Laymen’s Terms:
Jesus is uniquely built for the job of being our Savior!
“He Fixed It for Me”
Ontological Christology (His natures), Functional Christology (His works)
For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
Soteriological Christology
In dealing with humanity, the Godhead has to always perfectly balance every aspect of His character.
“Divine love triumphed over divine wrath by divine sacrifice.” - John R. Stott
For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
Because He is both God and human, and because of His acceptance of His mission to bring heaven’s resources for earth’s problems, He ultimately had to serve as the perfect substitutionary sacrifice for our sins.
Jesus is uniquely built to be our substitutionary sacrifice for sin
He is our Passover Lamb (v19)
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
Was to have no blemish, faults, or diseases (; Pet. 1:19)
Sacrificed (Exod. 12:3)
Substitute for the family (Exod. 12:3)
Blood was shed (Exod. 12:7)
Lamb’s blood allowed God to extend mercy ()
Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
Which is why Jesus used the Passover meal to introduce the New Covenant
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
It is made without yeast (or corruption, sign of sin)
He did not commit sin,
and no deceit was found in His mouth;
It is pierced
But He was pierced because of our transgressions,
It is striped
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
It is broken
“Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you;
He did not commit sin,
and no deceit was found in His mouth; s
He said that this bread represented His body:
Uncorrupted by sin, yet pierced, beaten, bruised, and broken ON OUR BEHALF
He did this for us!
Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
This 3rd cup is known as the Cup of Redemption
for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.