IMPACT FXBG | JESUS Said - Matthew 27:45-46

In verse 46, this is why in Matthew twenty seven forty six is why it says, Jesus cried out with a loud voice. This came from the depth of his soul. He's not just fulfilling a prophecy. Man, he is crying out from his soul. Listen, the punishment that Jesus took for us on the cross was so severe that you could stay in hell for an eternity and not begin to exhaust the wrath of God that was poured out on Jesus for your forgiveness. That's how much of a price Jesus paid. [01:00:05] (47 seconds)  #DepthOfSacrifice

Because when we have confessed our sin and we've walked away from our sin, you know what's left? You and God. He's not forsaken you. He already for sook Jesus so that you would never know what it means to be abandoned by God. And so tonight, we are going to enjoy him. How? Well, let me tell you the two best ways to enjoy God. Pray and read your Bible. Yeah. Do you see how enjoyable? All we did was read it tonight. That was enjoyable. [01:15:57] (38 seconds)  #EnjoyGodThroughPrayer

And church, this is the punishment. The punishment for all of our sin is death and separation from God forever. And there is nothing you and I can do to bridge that gap. Like, there's you can't be good enough. You can't talk your way out of it. Like, there is nothing there's no diet or exercise program you can go through. Like, you we are just facing the the straight ahead, death and separation from god. [00:49:01] (38 seconds)  #SeparationFromGod

Church, that's grace. That's Jesus saying, I'll give up my perfect life and take your punishment so that anyone who believes in me can now take on my perfection. That is so unfair. But that's grace. Listen to some of these verses. I want you to write these down. You can go back and and read them later. We don't have to turn to all of them but I want you to get these. [00:51:09] (30 seconds)  #SubstitutionaryGrace

Like, we can be bitter or we can run to Jesus and get better. Because Jesus was forsaken. Let me give you some good news. You want some good news tonight? Amen. Jesus was forsaken so you'll never have to be. Amen. Listen, if you're taking notes, write this down. The last reason why would Jesus say this, Jesus was completing god's plan. See, it was always god's plan to save us. I don't know why. [01:03:27] (41 seconds)  #JesusCompletedThePlan

But church, listen to me. The worst thing that happened on that cross was not what Jesus went through physically. It's what Jesus endured spiritually for us. See, in this moment, the tragedy of the cross was not the physical wounds but the spiritual ones that Jesus endured for us. Because Jesus is literally on the cross suffering the punishment for every sin. [00:39:55] (33 seconds)  #SpiritualCostOfTheCross

Now, here's what you need to know about sin. There are consequences for sin and there is punishment for sin but they are different. See, the punishment for sin every time, doesn't matter what sin it is. I I gave I told a little white lie because I was running late to work the other day or I robbed a bank or whatever in between. The punishment is always the same for sin. The punishment for sin is separation from god. That's the big deal about sin. [00:46:58] (35 seconds)  #PunishmentIsSeparation

Is we can either let god make us better or we can get bitter. Those are our choices. When we're walking through suffering, we can get bitter about it. Well, God did this and God didn't step in and he should have fixed this and he should have brought justice and he should have done all of this, and we can just let bitterness grow inside of us. Bitterness towards god, bitterness towards the church, bitterness towards everything. Well, I'm just gonna take my toys and do my own thing. Oh, I hear that all the time as if it's some gift to the world. No, that's that's birthed out of bitterness. [01:02:48] (39 seconds)  #ChooseBetterNotBitter