Atonement God rescues

Copyright © Simon G. HarrisScripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

Mark 8:31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

Acts 2:23 This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

Acts 2:28They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

John 10:17-18 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again.

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

because of what he did

2 Cor. 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

because of what he did

1 John 1:8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

The cross …

(i) reveals the mess because of what we did

because of what he did

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The cross …

(ii) rejects muddling along

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.

The cross …

(ii) rejects muddling along

John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.

The cross …

(ii) rejects muddling along

John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

Ephes. 2:1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

Sin makes us dead on the inside

Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

Sin separates us from God

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

Sin brings a complete death

Ephes. 2:4-5 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

We can be alive on the inside

1 Peter 3:18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

We can be brought back to God

John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

We can receive eternal life

1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up

Isaiah 53:4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up The sinner & the sinned

against

Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

The cross …

(iii) rescues the messed-up The sinner & the sinned

against