Jesus and Barabbas: The Power of Substitutionary Atonement
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"If you've ever had a substitute teacher in school, then you've got a basic understanding of what substitution is all about. How many of you enjoyed, I don't know how it is today, but when the substitute teacher showed up, it always meant movie day when I was in school. I think the substitutes are a little bit better equipped now than they were when I was a kid in high school. But as soon as the substitute showed up, you were waiting on the giant TV on the big cart to come rolling in, right?" [00:04:31] (32 seconds)
"And when Jesus was crucified, he did not die for sins that he committed. Come on. He died for you and for me. He didn't die because of some mutiny against the government. He died for you and for me. He switched places with us in death. Amen. And thereby, he became our substitute. It was on the cross that Jesus made his substitutionary atonement for us." [00:05:21] (33 seconds)
"Knowing that our sin would lead to our death, but someone took our place. It's really kind of hard to understand, isn't it? When you think about that. But the Bible gives us a really interesting story that I think drives this point of substitution home. And that is the story of Jesus and Barabbas. When you read this story, it helps us to gain a greater appreciation of the great sacrifice that Jesus made for you and I. Amen." [00:05:54] (32 seconds)
"Barabbas, though, the sinner, he represents all of us here today. He represents all of mankind. He was the Son of Adam, a descendant of Adam, just as we all are. We all know Adam, the first man, committed the first sin in human history. And we've all have been trapped in sin ever since then. Since Adam, all people who have ever been born have committed sin. And because of the justice of God, we are doomed to the consequences of our sin, which is spiritual death." [00:13:28] (34 seconds)
"For all of us who believe, instead of facing the penalty for our sins, when this life is over, we have been spared from spiritual death. Hallelujah. The substitute died in our place, just as he did. The substitute died in our place, just as he did. in Barabbas's place his sacrifice on the cross over 2,000 years ago is still very much in effect this day first Corinthians 15 22 says just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam in other words everybody's going to die because you're a human being but notice the next part everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life." [00:14:33] (43 seconds)
"Jesus allowed himself to be killed instead of Barabbas. And guess what? He did it for you and me too. Look at Isaiah 53 verse 4 and 5. He took our suffering on him and felt our pain. Everybody say our pain. Our pain. We saw his suffering and thought God was punishing him. But, verse 5, he was wounded for the wrongs that we did. Substitute. He was crushed for the evil we did. Substitute." [00:27:40] (40 seconds)
"The punishment which made us well was given to him. He became our substitute. They're talking about the beating that he took that purchased our healing. And we are healed because of his wounds. We are healed his wounds. Punishment. His punishment made us well. He was wounded for what we did. He was crushed for the evil that we did. He felt our pain. He did it all for you and I." [00:28:19] (38 seconds)
"Although we were living against God. Notice, he didn't wait for us to get it all together. Father, he died for us. When we were living against God. Verse 7. Very few people will die to save the life of someone else. Although perhaps for a good person, someone might possibly die. But God showed his great love for us in this way. Here it is. Christ died for us while we were still. While we were still." [00:29:26] (30 seconds)
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"And when Jesus was crucified, he did not die for sins that he committed. Come on. He died for you and for me. He didn't die because of some mutiny against the government. He died for you and for me. He switched places with us in death. Amen. And thereby, he became our substitute. It was on the cross that Jesus made his substitutionary atonement for us." [00:05:21] (33 seconds)
"Knowing that our sin would lead to our death, but someone took our place. It's really kind of hard to understand, isn't it? When you think about that. But the Bible gives us a really interesting story that I think drives this point of substitution home. And that is the story of Jesus and Barabbas. When you read this story, it helps us to gain a greater appreciation of the great sacrifice that Jesus made for you and I. Amen." [00:05:54] (32 seconds)
"Barabbas, though, the sinner, he represents all of us here today. He represents all of mankind. He was the Son of Adam, a descendant of Adam, just as we all are. We all know Adam, the first man, committed the first sin in human history. And we've all have been trapped in sin ever since then. Since Adam, all people who have ever been born have committed sin. And because of the justice of God, we are doomed to the consequences of our sin, which is spiritual death." [00:13:28] (34 seconds)
"For all of us who believe, instead of facing the penalty for our sins, when this life is over, we have been spared from spiritual death. Hallelujah. The substitute died in our place, just as he did. The substitute died in our place, just as he did. in Barabbas's place his sacrifice on the cross over 2,000 years ago is still very much in effect this day first Corinthians 15 22 says just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam in other words everybody's going to die because you're a human being but notice the next part everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life." [00:14:33] (43 seconds)
"Jesus allowed himself to be killed instead of Barabbas. And guess what? He did it for you and me too. Look at Isaiah 53 verse 4 and 5. He took our suffering on him and felt our pain. Everybody say our pain. Our pain. We saw his suffering and thought God was punishing him. But, verse 5, he was wounded for the wrongs that we did. Substitute. He was crushed for the evil we did. Substitute." [00:27:40] (40 seconds)
"The punishment which made us well was given to him. He became our substitute. They're talking about the beating that he took that purchased our healing. And we are healed because of his wounds. We are healed his wounds. Punishment. His punishment made us well. He was wounded for what we did. He was crushed for the evil that we did. He felt our pain. He did it all for you and I." [00:28:19] (38 seconds)
"Although we were living against God. Notice, he didn't wait for us to get it all together. Father, he died for us. When we were living against God. Verse 7. Very few people will die to save the life of someone else. Although perhaps for a good person, someone might possibly die. But God showed his great love for us in this way. Here it is. Christ died for us while we were still. While we were still." [00:29:26] (30 seconds)
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