JESUS PAID OUR PENALTY

JESUS PAID OUR PENALTY

MANS: Position

ALL SINNED: Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

DEATH/SEPARATION:

Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

JUDGMENT:

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power

Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Mans Attempts: To Seek A Ransom

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

RELIGION....

BEING GOOD....

DOING GOOD WORKS....

Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast.

GOD: Promises

DEATH TO LIFE:

John 5:24 I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

ABUNDANT LIFE:

John 10:9-10 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full

HOW CAN MAN CROSS OVER TO CHRIST?

John 1:12 - Yet to all who receive him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God - children born not of natural decent, nor of human decisions, or husband's will, but born of God.

Our Christians Obligation’ Romans 8:12-15 “Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation - but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die, but if by the Spirit you will put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a Spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received a Spirit of son ship and by him we cry "Abba, Father". Romans 8:12-15

1Corintians 2:12 ‘Our Christians Opportunity to Received His Spirit’ “¹²We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.” 1Corintians 2:12

Accept Our Reality-1Peter 2-8-9 ‘A Chosen People’ “⁹But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1Peter 2-8-9

Matthew 28:18-20 ‘A Personal Call to Discipleship and World Vision’ “¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20

The Bridge Presentation: - God's Armor Definitions - The Belt of Truth - The Breastplate of Righteousness - The Gospel of Peace - Part 1 The Gospel of Peace - Part 2