WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.200 If you would open up your Bibles to 1 Corinthians chapter 15. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:09.300 1 Corinthians 15 is in your New Testament. 00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:12.339 ! It's on page 1142 of your Black Pew Bible. 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:12.339 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.079 Which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved. 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:41.200 If you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:48.260 For I deliver to you as of first importance what I also received. 00:00:49.179 --> 00:00:55.859 That Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures. 00:00:55.859 --> 00:01:02.240 That He was buried. That He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. 00:01:02.460 --> 00:01:04.159 May God bless the hearing of His Word. 00:01:05.939 --> 00:01:07.879 This weekend is a Gospel weekend. 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:15.319 And what I mean by Gospel is the Christian good news. 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:25.239 That Jesus Christ died and was raised to rescue sinners from God's wrath. 00:01:25.859 --> 00:01:30.400 And to reconcile them to Himself in peace. 00:01:31.819 --> 00:01:34.079 There are a lot of Gospels out there. 00:01:36.180 --> 00:01:41.500 Various people making various claims of good news of various sorts. 00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:44.840 There are political Gospels. 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:50.659 The Gospel according to the right and the Gospel according to the left. 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:55.239 There are the Hedonistic Gospels. 00:01:56.119 --> 00:01:59.759 That promise good news in pleasure. 00:02:01.620 --> 00:02:08.879 There is the Gospel of greed that says you will be happy with as much as you can get. 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:15.519 There is the Gospel of ease and entertainment. 00:02:15.519 --> 00:02:18.259 Which is to deliver you from boredom. 00:02:22.099 --> 00:02:25.800 None of these so-called Gospels 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:33.240 can actually save you from God's wrath to come. 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:41.480 And this weekend is the weekend that we as Christians uniquely set on our calendar. 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:47.000 The Friday and the Sunday to remember the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:48.580 His death and His resurrection. 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:53.219 In 1 Corinthians 15, 3 and 4. 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:58.980 Did you notice that the Apostle kind of draws out highlights to items of the Gospel. 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:01.060 Two essential facts. 00:03:01.239 --> 00:03:04.859 Two vital claims to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:03:05.539 --> 00:03:07.319 In 15, 3 he says it this way. 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:14.039 The first claim is Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures. 00:03:15.139 --> 00:03:18.419 And then the second claim is in 15, 4. 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:25.620 Where we read that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:29.659 Both the cross of Christ, His death, 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:32.780 and the resurrection of Christ, the empty tomb, 00:03:33.099 --> 00:03:36.080 are vital to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:38.000 You pull one of them out, you cease to have a Gospel. 00:03:40.780 --> 00:03:45.780 And tonight, what I'm going to focus on is what happened on Friday. 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:52.000 Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures. 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.819 And so I'm going to move through it in three steps. 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:56.819 Our sins. 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:01.460 Christ died in accordance with the Scriptures. 00:04:02.379 --> 00:04:07.960 The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only good news by which sinners can be saved from God's wrath. 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.120 So let's talk about our sins. 00:04:13.979 --> 00:04:14.879 15, 3. 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:21.000 Christ died for our sins. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:30.240 Sin is any thought, any feeling, any word, any deed 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:37.459 that opposes God's holy character in moral will. 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.879 His perfect moral will revealed in His Word. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:46.779 Any thought, any feeling, any word, any action that opposes God in His Word. 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.779 That's sin. 00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:49.019 Sin. 00:04:50.179 --> 00:04:52.979 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.079 And the Bible pictures sin in a variety of different ways. 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:01.019 It describes sin as a rebellion, as idolatry, as even a disease. 00:05:01.019 --> 00:05:07.759 We tend to sin in one of two ways. 00:05:08.859 --> 00:05:13.339 We sin by way of commission, which goes like this. 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.539 God tells us something not to do, and we do it. 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:16.620 We commit a sin. 00:05:17.419 --> 00:05:19.259 And then we also sin by omission. 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:24.019 God tells us to do something, and we don't do it. 00:05:24.019 --> 00:05:29.439 Either way, it's grievous in God's sight. 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:33.360 Jesus said it this way. 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:38.939 When it comes to being the standard by which we are to aim for, 00:05:40.100 --> 00:05:42.500 be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.319 In all of your thoughts, in all of your feelings, 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:49.579 in every word you speak, in every action that you do, 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:53.899 be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. 00:05:53.899 --> 00:05:57.279 And all of a sudden, we are all very aware 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.219 that none of us is perfect in the room. 00:06:01.259 --> 00:06:02.739 No one's perfect in this room. 00:06:04.179 --> 00:06:05.859 And what that can do is this. 00:06:07.259 --> 00:06:10.419 We can say, well, okay, none of us are perfect. 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.599 And we lose sight of what God is actually calling us to. 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:19.760 Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:24.920 We all fall short of God's glorious perfection. 00:06:25.420 --> 00:06:27.879 Has anybody played the board game operation? 00:06:29.820 --> 00:06:30.260 Hasbro? 00:06:31.820 --> 00:06:33.480 It's this little dude laid out on his back. 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:35.560 His name is Cavity Sam. 00:06:37.140 --> 00:06:39.040 And the goal is to take tweezers, 00:06:39.320 --> 00:06:40.560 and you bring those tweezers, 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.400 and you're reaching the different cavities of Cavity Sam, 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:44.979 and you're to pull out different ailments, 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.339 and your metal tweezers are to go in there, 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:49.620 and the goal is to get it out without touching the sides. 00:06:49.679 --> 00:06:51.599 Because if you touch the sides, 00:06:52.060 --> 00:06:55.459 the red nose glows, 00:06:55.919 --> 00:06:58.239 and there's this buzzer that goes, 00:06:58.459 --> 00:07:01.739 So when you're playing the game, 00:07:01.859 --> 00:07:04.399 everybody playing is lighting up the light 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:05.639 and buzzing the buzzer. 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:13.719 Maybe one person can at one time pull out an ailment 00:07:13.719 --> 00:07:15.339 without touching the side. 00:07:19.039 --> 00:07:20.719 When it comes to our speech, 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:24.639 when it comes to our thoughts and our feelings and our actions, 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.319 every time we think something or speak something, 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.579 it's like we're reaching in for perfection, 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:34.759 and we inevitably hit the side, 00:07:34.860 --> 00:07:35.639 hit the buzzer, 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:37.819 light goes off, 00:07:38.099 --> 00:07:39.019 you've sinned again. 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.100 One day in my life 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:46.060 is a bunch of lights and buzzers. 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:49.680 I'm guessing it's similar with you. 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:53.519 We sin, we sin often. 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.939 We sin so much, 00:07:56.019 --> 00:07:56.939 we get used to sin. 00:07:58.500 --> 00:08:00.500 We minimize sin. 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:01.639 We diminish it. 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:04.339 And one can ask this question. 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:04.879 It's like, 00:08:05.379 --> 00:08:08.699 what is the big deal about sin? 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:12.319 Well, sin, 00:08:12.979 --> 00:08:14.079 the big deal about sin, 00:08:14.159 --> 00:08:16.539 is the one you sin against. 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:21.819 A perfect, holy God. 00:08:21.819 --> 00:08:23.579 Do you know what happens 00:08:23.579 --> 00:08:30.040 when a perfect, holy, and just God is sinned against? 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:33.740 There is like a theological reaction. 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:41.679 It produces the wrath of God in response to sin. 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:48.759 God's wrath is His just, measured, precise response 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.919 to sin, to our sin. 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:54.539 And it's to punish sin. 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:00.799 God's wrath 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:04.139 is not to be trifled with. 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:05.299 It's not to be diminished. 00:09:07.939 --> 00:09:11.539 We tend not to like to think about God's wrath, 00:09:11.539 --> 00:09:14.200 but we must think about God's wrath 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:16.840 because God's wrath is an outworking 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:18.600 of God's justice. 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:23.379 And we do not want to be living in a universe 00:09:23.379 --> 00:09:25.080 in which God is not just. 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:29.259 We can't have it both ways. 00:09:31.140 --> 00:09:32.740 Jesus speaks about God's wrath. 00:09:32.900 --> 00:09:34.060 Listen to what He has to say. 00:09:34.059 --> 00:09:40.059 This is John 3, 36. 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.059 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.079 Whoever does not obey the Son 00:09:46.079 --> 00:09:47.599 shall not see life, 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.739 but the wrath of God remains on him. 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:54.239 Remains on him. 00:09:55.239 --> 00:09:56.339 In Romans chapter 2, 00:09:56.339 --> 00:09:58.199 we read this about God's wrath. 00:09:59.439 --> 00:10:00.519 2 verse 5. 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:16.879 God's wrath is real. 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.779 He's not indifferent towards sin. 00:10:19.779 --> 00:10:24.039 It provokes His just wrath. 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:29.139 There's a phenomena happening in our country. 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:31.799 Anybody know the name Elon Musk? 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:37.919 There has been a string of Tesla vandalism. 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.659 Video after video of people keying Teslas 00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:44.319 because they hate Elon Musk. 00:10:45.319 --> 00:10:47.720 Well, regardless of what you think about Elon Musk, 00:10:48.419 --> 00:10:51.259 this is just vandalism. 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.279 It's an attack on his character, 00:10:54.439 --> 00:10:55.439 on his being. 00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:57.700 It might be owned by somebody else, 00:10:57.799 --> 00:10:58.720 but it's at him. 00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:02.919 And so whether you realize it or not, 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.220 your sin is a keying 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:09.480 of God's holy character and perfect will. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:17.679 It's moral vandalism against God. 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:22.120 And I'm taking so much time to talk about sin 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:23.980 because I want you to feel the weight of it. 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:29.580 The Bible is very clear that each one of us 00:11:29.580 --> 00:11:33.899 is responsible for every one of our own sins 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:35.600 against God. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:41.180 Everyone will be held accountable to God. 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:45.639 In Matthew 25 and Revelation 20, 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:49.779 we have these two great white throne judgment scenes. 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:53.120 all are held to account. 00:11:53.120 --> 00:12:01.939 The consequence of sinning against a holy, perfect, 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:03.959 eternal, just God 00:12:03.959 --> 00:12:11.039 is a holy, eternal, just punishment. 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:17.139 The punishment fits the crime. 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:20.759 So here's what I'm trying to help you think about 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:22.679 on this Good Friday 2025. 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:26.279 Our greatest problem 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:30.319 is a wrath of God problem. 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:36.799 A wrath of God problem that has been provoked by our sin, 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:39.759 and we are under his wrath, 00:12:39.959 --> 00:12:43.019 and we must one day give an account to him. 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:44.840 And I'm going to just be straight with you. 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:46.159 There's no other gospel. 00:12:47.819 --> 00:12:49.699 There's no other gospel in the world 00:12:49.699 --> 00:12:52.319 that is going to bring good news 00:12:52.319 --> 00:12:55.240 to the ears of those who know they're condemned 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.639 by their own sin. 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:02.259 There's only one message. 00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:07.139 There's only one gospel. 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:09.079 There's only one good news. 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:10.759 It's of first importance 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:13.639 because it deals with God's wrath. 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.100 And so we move from talking about our sins 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:21.180 to now let's talk about some really good news. 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:23.500 Christ died. 00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:31.500 Christ died for our sins. 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:37.379 As you know, the word Christ is a title. 00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:38.540 It means Messiah. 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:43.139 And the Old Testament is full of prophecies 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:45.620 of the coming Messiah, the coming Christ, 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.720 God's anointed one who would come 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:50.280 and establish a forever kingdom. 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:52.879 In fact, we spend a lot of time 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:55.020 talking about the coming of Jesus 00:13:55.020 --> 00:13:56.540 during Christmas time. 00:13:57.940 --> 00:13:59.360 And one of my favorite passages, 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.420 I would preach on this every December if I could, 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:08.440 it's Isaiah 9, 6 and 7. 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:10.540 Listen, of this Christ. 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:13.520 For to us a child is born, 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.940 to us a son is given. 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.880 It's a human being. 00:14:21.040 --> 00:14:22.940 And the government shall be upon his shoulder. 00:14:23.040 --> 00:14:23.720 He's a king. 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:28.460 And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.120 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:33.879 Prince of Peace. 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:35.940 Of the increase of his government and of peace, 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:38.840 there will be no end on the throne of David 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.960 and over his kingdom. 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:44.019 To establish it and uphold it with justice 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:45.660 and with righteousness from this time forth 00:14:45.660 --> 00:14:46.360 and forevermore. 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:49.160 The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. 00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:52.379 You see, the Christ is totally God, 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:55.200 mighty God, and totally man. 00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:57.500 Child given to us, a son given. 00:14:57.500 --> 00:15:02.879 And what you need to know about this Christ 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:06.899 as totally God, second person of the Trinity, 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:07.960 he's eternal. 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:12.120 And what you also need to know about this Christ 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:14.139 is that when he took on human flesh, 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:17.860 he was the perfection of humanity. 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.960 He never sinned once. 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:21.419 He was a sinless human. 00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:24.939 And so what that does in one person, 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.719 totally God, totally man, 00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:29.159 you have the perfect go-between, 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:31.559 a holy God and a sinful man. 00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:33.740 Yet he never sinned. 00:15:35.219 --> 00:15:36.399 His name is Jesus. 00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:41.699 The good news of the Christian gospel 00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:43.799 is that this Christ, 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.399 this totally God, totally man, 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:49.419 eternal and sinless, died. 00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:54.179 Where did he die? 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:57.639 He died on a hill outside of Jerusalem 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:59.719 called Golgotha or Calvary. 00:16:00.699 --> 00:16:01.559 When did he die? 00:16:02.219 --> 00:16:04.059 He died nearly 2,000 years ago. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.579 We're second coming up on two millennia 00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:08.559 and his death is as effective 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.879 as it has ever been. 00:16:10.939 --> 00:16:11.959 How did he die? 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.539 He died by crucifixion, 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:16.899 which is one of the most horrific ways to die. 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:20.059 It's designed to bring about the most pain 00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:23.719 physically, psychologically, socially. 00:16:23.979 --> 00:16:24.959 It's humiliating. 00:16:29.079 --> 00:16:31.279 But the real question 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.679 is why? 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.859 Why did the Christ die? 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:40.980 Why? 00:16:42.419 --> 00:16:45.200 Why did this Jesus, 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:47.460 totally God, totally man, 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:49.200 eternal and sinless, 00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:50.680 why did he die? 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.860 He was sinless. 00:16:56.419 --> 00:17:02.580 Christ died for our sins. 00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:05.180 I want to introduce you 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:06.660 three words right now 00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:10.400 that talk about his sacrificial death. 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:15.620 Penal, substitutionary, atonement. 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.700 Penal means penalty, 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.519 to be penalized. 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:23.380 The death that Jesus died, 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.460 he bore as a penalty. 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:29.380 He bore the wrath of God 00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:31.079 meant for us. 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:32.559 He was penalized 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.220 with our penalty. 00:17:36.419 --> 00:17:37.439 Substitutionary. 00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:40.359 Means in our place. 00:17:43.199 --> 00:17:48.019 Christ died for our sins 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:50.059 on our behalf. 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:53.179 The wrath meant for me 00:17:53.179 --> 00:17:56.519 fell upon him in full. 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.960 The penalty that was for me, 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:02.559 Jesus took on himself 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.039 as my substitute, 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.220 as your substitute. 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:08.900 And it was an atoning death. 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.319 It was a removal of the penalty of sin 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:15.460 by a satisfying of God's wrath. 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:18.480 You remember that God's wrath, 00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:19.619 because God is eternal, 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:22.480 it is eternal in its scope. 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:25.839 Well, the eternal Son of God 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:28.059 bore all of God's wrath 00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.200 for eternity, 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:33.039 six hours one Friday afternoon. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.039 Which means, 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:42.299 he bore all of God's wrath 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:44.099 for our sins. 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:46.159 all of it. 00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.480 And by it, 00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:57.619 he rescues sinners. 00:19:01.179 --> 00:19:02.359 Christ, totally God, 00:19:02.459 --> 00:19:03.099 totally man, 00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:06.299 eternal and sinless, 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.579 died in our place, 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.279 bearing the penalty for our sins, 00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:11.019 God's wrath, 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:12.819 satisfying God's wrath, 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:14.819 once and for all, 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.740 removing the penalty of sin, 00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.660 we've been atoned. 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.839 Penal, substitutionary, 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.519 atonement, 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:24.400 he died for our sins. 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.160 There's another reason. 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:31.299 There's another reason why he died. 00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:37.379 Because he loves you. 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.879 He wanted to reconcile you to himself. 00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:49.779 But God demonstrates his own love towards us 00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:51.180 and that while we were yet sinners, 00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:52.660 Christ died for us. 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:55.579 Out of love for us, 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:59.119 he died for our sins. 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:04.059 To rescue us from God's wrath 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:06.980 and to reconcile us to himself in peace. 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.420 Jesus. 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.500 This, 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:11.339 this is the best news 00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:12.579 any sinner 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:14.599 knowingly condemned 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:16.240 by their sin. 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:18.700 This is the best news they'll ever hear. 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:22.000 Because God's wrath 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:24.799 was poured out on full 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.259 on another 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:28.480 in your place. 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.819 Jesus. 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:34.279 There's no other gospel. 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:36.440 because no other gospel 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.399 can rescue you 00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:38.359 from God's wrath. 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:41.680 And it is such 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.980 a loving message. 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.740 The last phrase 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:49.819 we move from. 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.899 Our sins. 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.920 Christ died 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.000 in accordance 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.899 with the scriptures. 00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:58.139 Christ's penal, 00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.639 substitutionary atonement, 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:01.200 that sacrificial death. 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:03.400 it turns out 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.559 that it 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:06.039 is central 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.440 to God's 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.920 plan of salvation 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.819 for the fullness 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.680 of time 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:12.519 as evidenced 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:14.360 by the testimony 00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:16.240 of scripture. 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:19.519 There are many 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.160 Old Testament 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.960 scriptures 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.600 that prophesy 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.299 of the coming 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.120 of the Christ. 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:27.039 But one 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.880 stands out 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:30.520 as a 00:21:30.520 --> 00:21:33.320 as a 00:21:33.320 --> 00:21:34.160 clear 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:35.440 prophecy 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.900 of the 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.860 substitutionary 00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.240 death 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.400 of Jesus Christ, 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.320 of the Christ. 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.180 And we've been reading it 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.520 tonight. 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.500 Isaiah 53. 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.540 This was written 00:21:46.540 --> 00:21:47.160 700, 00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.440 750 years 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.200 before Jesus 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:50.220 walked the earth 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.040 as a man. 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:53.720 and it's 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.379 about 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:56.059 the substitutionary 00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.579 work 00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.899 of the Christ. 00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.980 I'm going to read 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.000 a portion of it, 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.200 a portion Cindy 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.599 just read, 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.920 but I'm going to read it 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.460 in a way 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.980 I want you to listen 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:08.839 for the substitutionary 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.079 work of the Christ. 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.099 Surely 00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:15.119 he has 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.899 borne 00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:17.460 our griefs. 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.079 Substitute. 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:22.199 And carried 00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:24.119 our sorrows. 00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.439 Substitute. 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.199 Yet we 00:22:28.199 --> 00:22:29.059 esteemed him 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.839 stricken, 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.740 smitten by God 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.379 and afflicted. 00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.879 But he was 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.939 pierced for 00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:35.980 our transgressions. 00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.659 Substitute. 00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.240 He was 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.919 crushed for 00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.919 our iniquities. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.539 Substitute. 00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.559 Upon him 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.919 was the 00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:47.539 chastisement 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.059 that brought 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.980 us peace. 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:51.500 substitute. 00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:55.939 And with 00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:56.539 his wounds 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.220 we are 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.799 healed. 00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.139 Substitute. 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.500 All we 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.919 like sheep 00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.279 have gone 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.619 astray. 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:03.960 We have 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.220 turned 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.619 everyone 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.319 to his 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.879 own way 00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.639 and the 00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.059 Lord 00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.759 has laid 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.539 on him 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.199 the 00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.799 iniquity 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.019 of us 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.740 all. 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.819 Substitute. 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.919 Would you 00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:16.220 look down 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.539 at verse 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.799 10? 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:19.139 yet it 00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.500 was the 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.059 will of 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.440 the Lord 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.000 to crush 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.200 him. 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.159 The loving 00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:23.599 will of 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:23.839 God. 00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.419 The 00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:27.899 holy will 00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.299 of God. 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.980 The just 00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.299 will. 00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.000 Because in the 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.419 death of 00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:31.779 Jesus, 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.059 God is 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.579 able to 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.019 remain 00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.639 just 00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:36.419 and the 00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:37.000 justifier 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.920 of sinners. 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.079 It's 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.720 glorious. 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.200 In 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.619 accordance 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:47.039 with the 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.460 scriptures, 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.180 the penal 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:51.019 substitutionary 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.839 atonement of 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.480 the Christ 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:54.460 is the 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.039 fulfillment 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:57.139 of Isaiah 00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.700 53. 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.539 Which means 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.039 God has 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.619 a plan, 00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.619 has had a 00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.259 plan all 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.799 along 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.379 to rescue 00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.079 sinners from 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.720 his wrath 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:13.200 and to 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.619 reconcile 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.099 them to 00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.799 himself in 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.220 peace 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.799 through 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:18.019 Christ's 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.460 death. 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.319 You see, 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.899 the Bible 00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.759 from Genesis 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.700 to Revelation 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:24.799 is one 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.900 long 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.940 good 00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.220 news 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.660 about 00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.140 Jesus 00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.900 Christ. 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.380 Do you 00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.600 know what 00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.059 it does? 00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.160 If you're 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.960 getting this, 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.980 it makes you 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.080 realize what's 00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.559 written in 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.519 Romans 8.1, 00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:41.860 there is 00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.480 therefore now 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.519 no condemnation 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.120 for those who 00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.340 are in 00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.980 Christ Jesus. 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.100 There is 00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.620 no more 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.259 wrath hanging 00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.779 over our 00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.940 heads because 00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.700 of what Christ 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.340 has done. 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.960 And that 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.640 should make 00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.360 your soul 00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.020 sing. 00:24:56.540 --> 00:24:57.259 That's the 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.720 good news. 00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.240 That's the 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.160 amazing grace. 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.500 Good Friday 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.560 is a 00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.660 reminder of 00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.060 the 00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:07.640 Christian 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.660 good news 00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.980 that Christ 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.600 died for 00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.280 our sins 00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:11.940 in accordance 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.600 with the 00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:12.940 scriptures. 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.840 And that's 00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.120 what this 00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.520 table is 00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:15.780 about. 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.960 The bread 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.440 and the 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.740 cup, 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.680 they represent 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.500 the body 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.880 and blood 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.320 of Jesus 00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.019 given for 00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.560 us, 00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:26.000 sacrifice, 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.460 his death, 00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:30.039 to be 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.700 able to 00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.640 rescue us 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.519 from God's 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.100 wrath. 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.199 wrath. 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.019 If you 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:40.240 trust in 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.139 Christ alone 00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:42.879 to rescue 00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.639 you from 00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.179 the wrath 00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.719 of God, 00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.740 you are 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.740 welcome to 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.219 the table. 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.500 But if 00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.779 you're not 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.279 a Christian, 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:54.740 just pass 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.500 the elements, 00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:56.779 just pass 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.299 them by. 00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:59.519 at this 00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.700 point, 00:25:59.740 --> 00:25:59.960 I'd like 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.559 to ask 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.379 those 00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.940 serving to 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.139 come 00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.639 forward. 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.619 And what 00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.079 we'll do 00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.879 is we 00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.059 will 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.519 distribute 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.440 the 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.940 elements, 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.399 all of 00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.799 us will 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.220 receive 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.399 them, 00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.559 we'll 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.799 take 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.000 them 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.480 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