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If you ask five people, “Why did Jesus die on the cross?” you’ll likely get a dozen different answers. For some, it’s about a sacrifice related to human sin and God’s wrath, mercy, and forgiveness. For others, the focus might be on a cosmic victory, where Jesus’ death in some way defeats death itself. And others might say Jesus had ...
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What Jesus' Death Meant to Him. As we look back on the cross after almost two thousand years, we stand in awe at all that was accomplished there for us. There the very Son of God suffered shame and ridicule at the hands of wicked, murdering men. He did it willingly to provide forgiveness for our sins and access to God.
Mar 29, 2024 · 2. Jesus’ death is significant because of its cause. The remarkable thing is that, although Jesus was sinless, His death was because of sin – the sin of others. He died to satisfy God’s wrath against human sin. On the day that Adam and Eve sinned in the garden of Eden, the fig-leaf garments they made for themselves proved an insufficient ...
- The Question
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- Salvation by Faith Is Not New
- The Holy Spirit Is New
- John The Baptist
- Jesus Before His Death
- Jesus Before His Ascension
- Pentecost
- The First Sermon
- Old Testament Promises
What changed because Jesus died? I suspect that some answer entered your head. · What was it? · How did it come to be there? · How sure are you that it is correct? Sometimes it is good to revisit settled knowledge. So think about your answer. Can you take your answer and find an Old Testament parallel? If so, can your answer be that which changed b...
Many New Testament truths and ideas are also Old Testament truth and ideas. But that which changed because Jesus died is both radically new and covered in the New Testament with crisp details. Strangely, it is also absent from our Christian vocabulary. I can illustrate this by using Galatians 3:2as a good introduction to what changed and why a new ...
Since the Reformation, salvation by faith alone has been the cornerstone teaching of the protestant churches. Our gospel tracts, sinner's prayers, altar calls, vacation bible schools, missions, and many other programs work hard to make this message as clear was we can. We want to save sinners. That we do so is far from wrong as shown by New Testame...
Now, let's return to Galatians 3:2and its complete context. Notice the repeated references to the Holy Spirit and the opening link to Jesus' death: You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spiritby the wor...
John the Baptist was the prophet who prepared the cultural soil for Jesus' ministry. He spoke of sin and performed a baptism oriented around repentance from sin. But notice how he describes what Jesus will accomplish: "As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove Hi...
Just before His arrest and execution, Jesus told His disciples why it was good that He was going to die: But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. (John 16:7) And who is this helper? Jesus has already mentioned Him several times: I...
Here are Jesus' last words before He went to the Father. Remember that He told His disciples that if He went away He would "ask the Father and He will give you another Helper." Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; for John baptized w...
The Jewish feast of Pentecost is the day that the Holy Spirit came and a New Covenant was born. The event, in context, reveals the magnitude of the New Covenant that is ours because Jesus died. But first, please note how Paul's words to the Galatians are consistent with the core theme of John the Baptist's preaching and Jesus' promises at the end o...
John the Baptist heralded Jesus as the one who would baptize in the Spirit. Jesus tied the coming the Spirit with His death. Pentecost shows us the significance of the Spirit in bringing the presence of God to men and women. It is not surprising that the first sermon was Spirit centric: For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only th...
In Acts 1:4, Jesus referred to Holy Spirit as "what the Father has promised" and Peter quoted a promise in Joel about a coming era of the Spirit. Joel is not the only reference that is relevant. Understanding the others will help us understand the significance of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. In the days of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, the M...
Mar 30, 2021 · He cannot even look upon evil.”. Theologian John Piper wrote in 50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, “ [Our sin] makes us guilty before God so that we are under His just condemnation and it makes us ugly in our behavior so that we disfigure the image of God we were meant to display. It damns us with guilt and it enslaves us to lovelessness.
Aug 28, 2024 · Remember, the holy God cannot let sin go unpunished. To bear our own sins would be to suffer God’s judgment in the flames of hell. Praise God, He kept His promise to send and sacrifice the perfect Lamb to bear the sins of those who trust in Him. Jesus had to die because He is the only one who can pay the penalty for our sins.
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Sep 18, 2009 · For them the death of Jesus was part of a divine plan to save humanity. The death and resurrection of this one man is at the very heart of the Christian faith. For Christians it is through Jesus's ...
