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Intro and Tension

Have you ever been involved in an unfiar trade?

Pokemon Card Story from childhood

Buying a car - Lemon Problem - Selller knows more than buyer - The latin term is “Caveat Emptor” .

Right side of unfair trade?

feel guilty?

Marriage?

Me and Emma

A punishment is trade | Something wrong | you hope justice is served.

God also deals in Justice | Penalty for Sin is Death | When something suffers as a penalty for Sin, it’s called an “Atonement” - It’s in place of the Sin.

With that in mind, I want to talk about 3 things;

A holy God | A serving Sacrifice | an Everlasting covenant.

Message series | “The Message” | Message disciples gave |

Today, we dive into Pauls Message at Antioch;

Today we talk about: A holy God | A serving Sacrifice | An everlasting covenant.

Title: What you need right now in your life

MY Hope: You will see the cross in a new light | You will understand what the cost was for our freedom and how much God truly loves you.

*prayer*

Truth

sometimes Holiness is attributed negatively to Christians | “so holy” |

Holy = Set apart = To cut or a cut above - Seperate | Example = Fine China plates | kept away | even when out | Can’t touch.

You know, if you have Mac Cheese | You aint using those plates | they are set apart

Who is God? he is WISE| fully, entirely, Holy, Fully Entirely, SET APART.

He is pure, righteous, wihtout blemish | without sin…The perfect one | never changing, uncomprehensible, all emcompassing, all knowing, rightoues GOD.

You must understand - He is set APART - SELF-EXISTENT.

SELF SUFFICIENT.

So, this Holy God, these serephim flying around screaming HOLY HOLY HOLY | Isaiah, sitting there | in the presence of this | Isaiah cried out;

Woe to me | Ruined | Wrecked = What did God do to draw that out of Him, nothing - He just was | Presence of God enough

then the people I am are also unclean | He didn’t say “Oh sally over there, she aint spiritual enough, I saw her tell a little white lie” Isaiah did not bargain wiht God “If you forgive me, i’ll be good” no..,just woe…is …me.

Self-righteous people can only be self-righteous in front of other people because when you’re in the presence of God you’re not worried about other peoples sin, you’re just aware of yours.

What did God do?

Burning = Atonement.

God went to Him | Forgave | gave atonment | GOD INITATIATED.

Isaiah then gives his life over and in the very next chapter.

700 years before Christ;

God initiated the atonemnent with Isaiah, in the same way he does for us - New testament;

The Serving Sacrifice | Christ, He sent Christ, a Serving sacrifice | Atone for our sins | In place of our inequities | Holy God | Sent Christ |

Let’s fast forward, 700 years, Jesus has come, He has been whipped | Beaten | Sweating blood of stress | hanging on the cross, there are how many people hanging there? 3 - Jesus, and two murders | Worst punishment imaginable.

Look at what the thieves said on the cross;

Jesus did not say: Nope | Going to hell - worm never dies, nashing | had chance | I can forgive, but i wont.

Jesus, Holy Jesus, said - to a criminal that could not do a SINGLE THING that could earn his right standing with GOD.

| No turning over leaf | join church | be baptised | give | serve | nothing.

Jesus looked at this guilty, sinful but repentent man and said;

Your sins will be forgiven - Even if you don’t deserve it, even if you can’t earn it - You will get it through your FAITH in ME.

I use to curse the name of God | I use to make fun of Christians | Until I opened the door to Jesus

Jesus didn’t come to make bad people Good, he came to make dead people ALIVE.

Imagine what it feels like for a moment | If criminal heard these words | The guilty guy got let go, and he didn;’t get what he deserved |

His wounds would heal, but what do you think his life would be devoted to? | After someone else DIED, so he could LIVE |

You know it | You can feel it | Every moment would be dedicated to that who took the punishement.

By His Grace, I am Saved.

This was my story | Undeserving, Guilty | Innocent one, Lamb of God, Took my punishement, to make me whole | But he did more than that

An Everlasting Covenant | 500 years before Christ - A prophet;

Make = Cut, Sacrifice | Law within their hearts | Torah = Beautiful instructions of Life | They shall know me = Relationship.

God started in the garden of eden IN relationship | End IN Relationship.

Relationship not religion | Jesus broke the Jewish Law when he rose the boy from the dead | He healed the blind so they could see | he washed the disciples feet | He went to the cross out of his love for us |

Religion draws lines to keep people out but Jesus crossed those lines to bring people into…relationship with him.

Deal happening | Had to be the SINLESS, SPOTLESS, PERFECT LAMB OF GOD.

John the baptist “It’s the Lamb of God”.

How many people on the cross? 3 - There is special meaning behind numbers in bible;

1 - Oneness of God

4 - Earth

5 - Grace | 7 = Perfection | 8 = New beginnings, 10 = testing, 40 = trials.

5 - Grace | 7 = Perfection | 8 = New ybeginnings, 10 = testing, 40 = trials. .

Wholeness | Truine God - Who is God?

Father, Son and Spirit.

Revelation, Jesus was described as the one you was, and is, and is to come.

In Hebrews Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Old Testament, there are 3 patriachal fathers, abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Tabanacle has 3 sections, outer court, inner court, holy of holies.

Angels cried out to God 3 times.

Daniel prayed 3 times a day.

Jonah was in the belly of the beast for 3 days.

NT has 27 books, that’s 3 times, 3 times 3. Paul was blinded for 3 days from light from Heaven.

He prayed 3 times for his Thorn to come out - He was stuck on Malta for 3 days after being shipwrecked - Jesus when he was born, had 3 gifts bought to him, gold, frankenscience and murr, at 12 he was seperated from his parents for 3 days, Public ministry lasted 3 years.

Started 30, finished 33.

Tempted 3 times in the desert, He had 12 disciples, 3 where in his inner circle - peter, james and john - They where with him at the transfiguration.

Peter denied Jesus 3 times.

Restored PEter, love, grace and repeated it 3 times.

Jesus raised 3 people from the dead during his ministry.

He prayed 3 times in the garden of gethsemene, there where 3 men on the cross.

Jesus, God’s son was placed on the cross on the 3rd hour of the day, in the 9th hour, which is 3pm, He declared 3 words of victory.

IT IS FINISHED.

EArth SHook | Darkness fell on land, for 3 hours | World went silent | no hope | no life

Day 1 - laid in the tomb, nothing happened

Day 2 - Nothing happened

But on the THIRD DAY - Women went to the tomb - Stone had been rolled away | The work that was Jesus came to do was DONE - He declared | The perfect work had been completed | JESUS HAD RISEN | He was the perfect lamb to create a covenent between us and God |

If you are like the theif | Sin is Heavy | Guilt is much | Confess it to him | When you call on Jesus | God will see you not as you were | but as a Child of God | He will look at the blood | The work has been done.

Isaiah prophesied 700 years erliear in bible | a King will be born = done, Cross = done, resurrection = done, it is siad in the bible, Lamb of God will come back |

Inspo and close

You are not here because of choice, you are here because God knocked on your heart and you responded and you need to respond again.

God has initiated atonement

Got has initated the covenent by sending His only Son so thst he would Die for your trangressions, for your sins, because we are not worthy

There is one that is worthy and it’s the same one that rose again because he was the spotless lamb of God.

When you call on the name of Jesus God doesn’t see shane, mat, mark, luke any more, whrn you call on the name of Jesus Christ God sees His child, covered in the blood of jesus, without blemish and not through anything you have done but through what Jesus did on the cross and we worship that same jesus that rose from the grave.

**prayer** **Altar Call**