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