Weekend
Gospel message to follow for All Hands (01-03FEB19)
Heads-Up --- Please find enclosed encouragement in "SO GREAT SALVATION" by the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace -God's unmerited favor- from their sins and from Hell:
"Then
released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he
delivered Him to be crucified." -Matthew
27:26 [KJV]
God
has ordered by His marvelous and sovereign providence a vivid picture
of every believer's Substitute. Barabbas was rightly charged,
convicted and sentenced to be executed. He was found guilty of
murder, robbery and sedition against Rome. When the executioner came
to release him, he was told Jesus had taken his scourging and
crucifixion and that he could go free.
Barabbas is a type and picture of sinners for whom Christ Jesus died (1 Tim. 1:15). We stand guilty before the law of God (Rom. 3:19-20). We were justly convicted of great offenses against God (Psalm 51:4). We were waiting the execution by God's holy law (Rom. 6:23). However, by the order of Almighty God, Jesus Christ was sent to rescue, redeem and release sinners (Matt. 9:13; Luke 4:18).
Believers no more merit release and rescue than Barabbas did (Eph. 2:1-4). But God in His sovereign grace sent the gracious Substitute, the Lord Jesus Christ to take our place and set us free (1 Peter 3: 18). Christ Jesus paid our debt to God's law and justice and cleared us of all guilt (Gal. 3:10-13). Christ Jesus took our scourging and with His strips we are healed (Isa. 53:5). Christ Jesus took our death and gave us His life (1 John 5:12). He took our sin and gave us His righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21). He was condemned though innocent (1 Peter 2:22), that we might be justified though guilty (Rom. 3:24-26; 8:1).
There is infinite merit in all that Christ performed for His covenant people (Heb. 2:17; Rom. 5:6-11). Surely, it is right to honor and worship the Lamb of God that takes away all our sin and that brings in and freely imputes to us an everlasting righteousness (1 John 3:5; John 1:29; Rom 4:6). "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Gal. 6:14).
Barabbas is a type and picture of sinners for whom Christ Jesus died (1 Tim. 1:15). We stand guilty before the law of God (Rom. 3:19-20). We were justly convicted of great offenses against God (Psalm 51:4). We were waiting the execution by God's holy law (Rom. 6:23). However, by the order of Almighty God, Jesus Christ was sent to rescue, redeem and release sinners (Matt. 9:13; Luke 4:18).
Believers no more merit release and rescue than Barabbas did (Eph. 2:1-4). But God in His sovereign grace sent the gracious Substitute, the Lord Jesus Christ to take our place and set us free (1 Peter 3: 18). Christ Jesus paid our debt to God's law and justice and cleared us of all guilt (Gal. 3:10-13). Christ Jesus took our scourging and with His strips we are healed (Isa. 53:5). Christ Jesus took our death and gave us His life (1 John 5:12). He took our sin and gave us His righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21). He was condemned though innocent (1 Peter 2:22), that we might be justified though guilty (Rom. 3:24-26; 8:1).
There is infinite merit in all that Christ performed for His covenant people (Heb. 2:17; Rom. 5:6-11). Surely, it is right to honor and worship the Lamb of God that takes away all our sin and that brings in and freely imputes to us an everlasting righteousness (1 John 3:5; John 1:29; Rom 4:6). "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Gal. 6:14).
-Gospel report by preacher Tom Harding
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