What does the Cross mean?
Luke 23:26
The Cross is ………….. |
Reference |
▪ A place of ransom – Jesus made the payment for believers’ debt of sin. |
Mark 10:45
I Timothy 2:6
Hebrews 9:15 |
▪ A place of substitution -- Jesus took the punishment that everyone deserves. |
John 6:51
Romans 8:3
II Corinthians 5:21 |
▪ A place of propitiation – Jesus’ perfect sacrifice removed God’s punishment form those who believe. |
Romans 3:25 |
▪ A place of victory – Jesus’ sacrifice defeated Satan’s hold on humanity. |
John 3:14-15
John 8:28
John 12:31-32
John 18:32 |
▪ A place of beginning – Jesus’ shed blood began the church. |
Acts 20:28 |
▪ A place of ending – Jesus’ sacrifice ended all other sacrifices for sin. |
Hebrews 8-10 |
▪ A place of separation – Jesus’ death is the basis on which God sets apart a people to be a holy community. |
I Peter 1:2
I Peter 18:25
I Peter 2:1-11 |
▪ A place of mediation – Jesus became mediator between sinful humanity and hold God. |
Galatians 3:13
Galatians 3:19-20 |
▪ A place of reconciliation – Jesus reconciled God and sinners, and reconciled Jews and Gentiles. |
Romans 5:8-11
II Corinthians 5:20-21
Ephesians 2:11-22
Colossians 1:21-22
Colossians 2:11-15 |
▪ A place of justification – Jesus’ death makes it possible for God to declare believers righteous before him. |
Romans 3:21-31 |