“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23, ESV)

15/04/2022 – Good Friday Service: The Three Crosses

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;