Man

Outline

1. Man's PURPOSE

2. Man's SEPARATION

3. Man's PENALTY

4. Man's NEED

5. Man's REMEDY

Man's PURPOSE

• We were created in God’s image(Gen 1:26-27)

• We once had open fellowship with God (Gen 2:7-25)

Man's SEPARATION

• Because our first father Adam sinned all of humanity was separated both physically (Gen 3:1-19)

• And spiritually from the holy and righteous God who created us (Isa 59:1-3)

Man's PENALTY

• Since humanity has been separated from God because of sin, the penalty to atone for sin is the shedding of blood and death(Lev 1:3-4, 17:11)

Man's NEED

• God to save him (Hosea 13:4, Daniel 6:25-27, Isaiah 43:11-13, Jeremiah 23:3-6)

Man's REMEDY

• Jesus Christ eternally existed as God (John 1:1)

• Jesus Christ became a man (John 1:14)

• Jesus Christ lived a perfect life according to God’s law (Heb 7:26)

• Jesus Christ shed his blood while dying in the place of sinners (Romans 5:10, Mark 10:45, and 1 Peter 2:24)

Man's REMEDY

• Jesus Christ was buried in a tomb for three days (Matt 27:57-66)

• Jesus Christ on the third day rose from the grave (Matt 28:1-8)

• Jesus Christ calls all people to repent of their sins and trust in him in order to be reconciled to God and receive eternal life (John 3:16)

Conclusion

• Jesus restores man’s PURPOSE(Matthew 28:19)

• Jesus mends man’s SEPARATION(2 Corinthians 3:12-18)

• Jesus pays man’s PENALTY(Romans 3:23-26)

• Jesus fulfills man’s NEED(Romans 3:23-26)