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TITLE: Way to Jerusalem
TEXT: Mark 10:32-34
PROPOSITION: The death on the cross was necessary.
QUESTION: Why?
KEY WORD: Reasons
SCRIPTURE READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
- Jesus explains “again” the plan (This is the 3rd time)
- Going up to Jerusalem - still don't know the purpose
- Luke 18:31 - All things written in the prophets will be accomplished
Jesus tells them again
We are going to Jerusalem
Will be betrayed
Turned over to chief priests and scribes
Condemn him to death
Deliver all nations (peoples)
Mock him, scourge him, spit on him
Kill him
On the 3rd day he will rise again
Why was all this necessary?
Fall of man - sin in the garden of Eden (and since then)
Imputation of guilt
- Impute - write to the account - add to the bill
- Impute = Indictment of the charges
Loss of spiritual life, relationship with God
- Ezekiel 18:4 - Soul that sins, it shall die
- Isaiah 59:1-2 - your sins and iniquities separate you from God
Cannot save ourselves - earn, merit, deserve
Sins demands death
- Romans 3:23 - wages of sin is death
- Sin is not a misdemeanor - it is a felony, capital offense
- Sin is abhorrent to God - nothing less is acceptable
Why can't God just forgive and let it go?
- Parent forgives child - no others involved
- What if a child takes car, kills bank teller while he robs bank?
- Parent can't just forgive and let go - Others are involved
- “God cannot forgive except on a basis that allows the awfulness of sin to remain crystal clear.”
- Jesus death on the cross accomplishes this.
Is atonement immoral? (Innocent suffering for the guilty)
- This is what parents do for their children.
- This is what soldiers do for their nation.
- This is what Christ did for us.
Jesus became our substitute
- Propitiation (paid in full) for our debt to God. (1 John 2:2)
- Ransom (Mark 10:45)
- Became sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Conclusion:
- Will you accept the wonderful offer of salvation?
- Will you reject the payment for the debt of your sins?
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