Bible Readings:
Luke 23:1 – 56
Sermon Outline:
Galatians 6:14 (NKJV)
14But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
I The Cross of The Lord
Substitution
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)
21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Condemnation
Galatians 3:13 (NKJV)
13Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
Propitiation
Romans 3:25 (NKJV)
25whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
Redemption
Matthew 20:28 (NKJV)
28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:19 (NKJV)
19that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Galatians 3:26 (NKJV)
26For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Restoration
Galatians 6:15 (NKJV)
15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
II The World Crucified
Philippians 3:8 (NKJV)
8Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
III The Third Cross – Paul, the Christian himself crucified
2 Corinthians 5:14 (NKJV)
14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;