This message is Part 5 in Pastor Chuck Bernal's series, "JESUS is _____________". The message is titled, "JESUS is your Substitute". In this message Pastor Chuck talks about how Jesus took our place and our punishment when He died for us on the cross. By looking at substitution in three different ways, we see how much God wants us, values us and loves us. This message was delivered at LifePointe Church on Sunday, March 20, 2016.
4. Jesus died for your
sins. The Bible says
we've all blown it.
We've all made
mistakes. None of us
is perfect. We have
all sinned.
5. The Bible says that
justice demands
punishment. If
you do the crime,
you pay the time.
6. If you break the law,
you pay the fine.
If you get caught
speeding, you get a
ticket. If you break
God's laws, you pay
God's penalty and,
according to the Bible,
7. "The wages [for our]
sin is death, but the
free gift of God is
eternal life through
Christ Jesus our Lord"
(Romans 6:23 –New Living Translation).
8. In other words,
somebody has to
pay for all the things
you've done wrong
in life: either you pay
or somebody else
pays for you.
9. Jesus Christ was
sent to earth to
sacrifice his life on
the cross and he says,
in effect, “I will pay
for your sins”.
(Rick Warren)
21. He died like an
unblemished,
sacrificial lamb.
And this was no
afterthought. Even
though it has only
lately—at the end of
the ages—become
public knowledge,
22. God always knew he
was going to do this
for you. It’s because
of this sacrificed
Messiah, whom God
then raised from the
dead and glorified,
23. that you trust God,
that you know you
have a future in God.
(1 Peter 1:19-21 – The Message)
24. This was God’s plan
for all of history which
he carried out through
Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Ephesians 3:11 – God’s Word Translation)
25. Jesus was given to
you, and . . . you put
him to death by nailing
him to a cross. But this
was God’s plan which
he had made long
ago; he knew all this
would happen.
(Acts 2:23 – New Century Version)
26. He thought of
everything, provided
for everything we
could possibly need,
letting us in on the
plans he took such
delight in making.
He set it all out before
us in Christ,
27. a long-range plan
in which everything
would be brought
together and summed
up in him, everything
in deepest heaven,
everything on planet
earth.
(Ephesians 1:9-10 – The Message)
30. You know you were
not bought and made
free from sin by paying
gold or silver, which
comes to an end.
31. And you know you
were not saved from
the punishment of sin
by the way of life that
you were given from
your early fathers.
32. That way of life
was worth nothing.
The blood of Christ
saved you.
33. This blood is of great
worth and no amount
of money can buy it.
Christ was given as
a lamb without sin
and without spot.
(1 Peter 1:18-19- New Life Version)
34. He is so rich in
kindness and grace
that he purchased our
freedom with the blood
of his Son and forgave
our sins.
(Ephesians 1:7 – New Living Translation)
42. But think about this:
while we were
wasting our lives in
sin, God revealed His
powerful love to us in
a tangible display—
Jesus, the Anointed
One died for us.
(Romans 5:8 – The Voice)
43. Immense in mercy
and with an incredible
love, God embraced
us. He took our sin-
dead lives and made
us alive in Christ.
He did all this on his
own, with no help
from us . . .
44. Saving is all his idea,
and all his work. All we
do is trust him enough
to let him do it. It’s
God’s gift from start
to finish!
(Ephesians 2:6, 8 – The Message)
45. The greatest love a
person can show is
to die for his friends.
You are my friends . . .
You did not choose
me; I chose you.
(John 15:13-14, 16 – New Century Version)
46. For God loved the
world so much that
he gave his only Son
and every one who
believes in him shall
not be lost, but should
have eternal life.
(John 3:16 – Phillips)