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ONE UNIFIED THEME:
An Amazing Book
The Gospe l
“And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.’”
--Mark 16:15
The Gospe l: An Important Message
Romans 1:16The Gospel
God’sPower
Seriousness of obeying the gospel
-2 Thessalonians
1:7-9
“Jesus will come “in flaming fire, 8 dealing out retribution
to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord
Jesus.”
A Serious Warning … To Christians
We must get this gospel right!
“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed !”
-Galatians 1:8
GOSPEGOSPELL
How can I be certain?
Where would we start?
THETHE
Our OT “ Tutor”Old Testament
JUSTIFIED
BYFAITH
“Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.”
Why Did God Create Man?
God purposed for us to be in fellowship with Him
Our purpose is to seek the Lord and to know Him
Acts 17:24-28
"The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist”
that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us
GOD IS HOLY
This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him
there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You.
Psalms 5:4
“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Love and faithfulness go before You”
justice
Love
Psalm 89:14
God’s holiness is demonstrated in His justice and love toward His creation.
God’ s Demand
God instructed His people to be holy because He is holy
Leviticus 20:26
We must be holy to have a relationship with God
I s this possible?
“Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy.”
S P IR IT US P IR IT U A L A L
D E A T HD E A T H“And you were dead in your trespasses and sins” -Eph 2:1
“your iniquities have made a separation between you and
your God” -Isaiah 59:2
Sin causes man to be separated from God!
“the wages of sin is death” -Romans 6:23
God’ s Justice Demands a Price
A death must occur for sin to be removed
Hebrews 9:22
“without the shedding of blood there can be
no remission of sins.” no remiss ion of s ins no remiss ion of s ins
A Desperate Situation
We have broken the laws of the God of the universe, this has separated us from a Holy God, and the sentence of death hangs over our head by a just God! We cannot pay the price ourselves and still live!
We find ourselves in a very desperate situation:
God loves us and helps to pay the price for sin through His
But God… (Ephesians 2:4)
Grace and Mercy Grace
God gives us what we
don’t deserve
Mercy
God does not give us
what we truly
deserve
God’ s Grace and Mercy
God allows the price to be paid by an innocent representative
Animal sacrifices made atonement for
sinLeviticus 16:30Leviticus 17:11
“for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.”
“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.”
What Made Sacrifice Work?
Just the act of sacrifice?
Was it good enough just to believe in animal sacrifice?
What made it effective?
Faith Must Respond
Hebrews 11:6 demonstrates faith
Belief and Action“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”
faith
believe seek Him
Old Testament Examples
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice -Heb 11:4
By faith Noah… in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household
-Heb 11:7 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed
by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance
-Heb 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered
up Isaac -Heb 11:17
By faith offered
By faith
By faith
By faith
prepared
obeyed
offered
(v14) Can that type of faith savesave a man? (v17) Faith without action is deaddead
(v18) Faith is shown by actionaction(v20) Faith without action is “uselessuseless”
(v21-23) Abraham’s faith was perfectedperfected by belief working with his actions
(v24) Justified by action, notnot “faith alone”(v26) Faith without action is deaddead
(v19) Devils are believers!Devils are believers!
THERE ARE BELIEVERS IN HELL!THERE ARE BELIEVERS IN HELL!
Belie f alone? (James 2:14-26)
Animal Sacrifice in Leviticus 1In the Old Testament the sinner was active in the sacrifice of the
animalHe brought the animal to the
priestHe laid his hands on the head
of the animalHe killed the animal
The priest offered the animal as a burnt offering
Leviticus 1:1-9
The guilty paid the price or symbolically died with the sacrifice
INNOCENTINNOCENT GUILTYGUILTYSANCTIFIEDSANCTIFIED
JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION( )Penalty Removed
SANCTIFICATION( – )Sins Removed Made Holy
ANIMALANIMALSACRIFICESACRIFICE
RESULTS INRESULTS IN
RESULTS INRESULTS IN
RECONCILIATIONRECONCILIATION( Spiritual Relations hip with a
)Holy God Res tored
RESULTS INRESULTS IN
JUSTICEJUSTICE
MERCYMERCY
The OT “ Tutor” Gal 3:24
SINSINSACRIFICESACRIFICE
BLOOD BLOODATONEMENTATONEMENT
REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVEDEATHDEATH
HOLINESSHOLINESS
SANCTIFICATIONSANCTIFICATION GRACEGRACE
LOVELOVE
FAITHFAITH
that that takes awaytakes away the sin of the sin of
the world”the world”
““Behold theBehold the
LAMB OF GOD LAMB OF GOD
Christ’ s Blood in ProphecyIsaiah 53
30 AD
Jesus’ DeathFirst five
books of Bible
written
1400 BC 750 BC
Isaiah’s Prophecy
written
0 AD
Jesus’ Birth
Over 700 Over 700 years years before before Christ!Christ!
“Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried” (v4). “He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well -being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed” (v5). “The LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him” (v6). “He was cut off out of the land of the living (death) for the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due” (v8).
He is described as a lamb being led to slaughter (v7) He is an offering for sin (v10)“My Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear their iniquities” (v11).
!He died for you and me
“You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.” there is no sin
“knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”
Accounts of Jesus ’ DeathJesus suffered terrible injustice:• He was condemned to die as an
innocent man• He was scourged, then crucified
Matthew Mark Luke John
“Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT.”
Luke 23:46
Jesus Defeated Sin & DeathHe defeated sin and
the death that it causes by the resurrection
Without the resurrection, Jesus’ death for our sins is meaningless (1 Cor. 15.13-22)
“if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.”
The guilty paid the price or symbolically died with the sacrifice
INNOCENTINNOCENT GUILTYGUILTYSANCTIFIEDSANCTIFIED
INNOCENTINNOCENT GUILTYGUILTYSANCTIFIEDSANCTIFIED
We must pay the price or symbolically die with our sacrifice
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross so that we
might die to sin
“For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin”
crucified with Him
New Testament terminology identifying the point when one is forgiven:
…If we died with Him we shall also live with Him
2 Timothy 2:11
Now if we died with Christ we believe we will
also live with Him.
Romans 6:8
…for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:3
I have been crucified with Christ…
Galatians 2:20
, We mus t be united with the death of Chris t for “ without the shedding of blood
there is no forgiveness of sins.”
We have died with Chris t We have been united with Chris t in His death We have been cruc ified with Chris t We have died to s in
Our sins can not and will not be forgiven
:UNLESS
When does God say that I am:
Dead to sin?
Dying with Christ?
Freed from sin?
United with Christ in His death?Crucified with Christ?
We need God’s answer!He gives it in Romans 6
“What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?” v1-2
““They died to sin.” …. They died to sin.” …. How?/When?How?/When?
ROMANS 6ROMANS 6
died to sin
“Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.” v3-4
Buried WITH Him into death
baptized into Christ Jesus
baptized into His death
baptized into Christ Jesus baptized into His death
buried with Him through baptism into death
“For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection”
united with Him
if
“knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin”
“for he who has died is freed from sin.”
crucified with Him
“Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus” (6:8-11)
died with Christ
dead to sin
Dead to sin
Dying with Christ
Freed from sin
United with Christ in His death
Crucified with Christ
Romans 6:2, 10-11
Romans 6:7
Romans 6:3-4
Romans 6:6
Romans 6:5
When does God say that I am:
When I am BAPTIZED!
Counting the Cost
God expects us to be obedient and make the appropriate
changes in our lives (Repentance)
Romans 6:1-2; 10-16
“What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?”
“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
United with Christ’s death…through faithRomans 6:17-18
United with Christ by FAITH
“But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.”
obedient from the heart
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into
Christ have put on Christ.
--Galatians 3:26-27
buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of
God, who raised Him from the dead
--Colossians 2:12
through faith
through faith in the working of
For as many
God
A Gift from God!
Romans 6:22-23But now having been freed from sin (v7) and enslaved to God (v16), you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
sanctification
gift of God
Have you died with Christ?