WHY DID JESUS DIE?
JOHN 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life
INTRODUCTION:
The cross lies at the heart of the Christian faith
(1 Corinthians 2:2 - I determined not to know
anything... except Jesus Christ & Him
crucified)
I. THE PROBLEM
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God (Rom 3:23)
Results of sin
1) Pollution of sin (Mark 7: 20-23)
(Sin in the heart makes man
unclean)
2) Power of sin (John 8: 34)
(Anyone who sins is a slave of sin)
3) Penalty for sin (Romans 6: 23)
(Wages of sin is death - spiritual
death)
4) Partition of sin (Isaiah 59:2)
(Our iniquities separate us from God)
II. THE SOLUTION
1) 1 Peter 2:24 (Jesus bore our sins on
the cross)
The self substitution of God John
Stott
2) Agony of the cross (Isaiah 53: 6)
(God has laid on Him the iniquity of
us all... my sin ...your sins)
III. THE RESULT
(ROMANS 3:21-26)
Four images:
1. The Temple
God presented Him as a sacrifice of
atonement, through faith in His
blood (Romans 3:25 ...remission of
sins)
(Hebrews 10:4 ...it is not possible that
blood of bulls and goats should take
away sins)
1 John 3:5 - He was manifested to
take away our sins...
(Hebrews 10: 14)
(1 John 1:7 ...blood of Jesus cleanses
us from all sins)
Pollution of sin removed
2. The Market Place
The redemption that came by Jesus
Christ (Romans 3:24) All debts are
paid
(John 8:36 - If the Son sets you free,
you are free indeed)
Power of sin....freed
3. The Law Court
Justified freely by His grace
(Rom 3:24)
Penalty of sin completely paid
4. The Home Reconciliation
(Broken relationship between God and
us was restored by the cross)
God was in Christ, reconciling the
world...
(2 Corinthians 5:19)
Partition of sin destroyed
IV.CONCLUSION:
......believes in Him.....
Righteousness from God
(Rom 3:22; Isaiah 53:6)
He died for you and me
(Galatians 2:20)
V.PRAYER