1. What did Jesus Do for Us?
We started our look at the gospel by answering the question- “Why Did Jesus Come?”
Jesus didn't come to make bad people good but to make dead people alive! Jesus said he came
to seek and save the lost by preaching the gospel.
What is the Gospel? Three Questions - Focus on Jesus
1. Why do we need Jesus?
2. What did Jesus do for us?
3. How do we receive salvation through Jesus?
Why We Need Jesus
1. Sin
2. Spiritual death
3. Physical death
4. Judgment
5. Hell
6. Wrath of God
7. Eternal death
What is Sin?
1. Unbelief
2. Idolatry
3. Rebellion
4. Breaking God’s law
5. Denying God His glory
Today We Begin Answering the Question - What Did Jesus Do For Us? (to deal with our sin
and its consequences)
1. Born of a virgin and became a man
2. Sinless life
3. Sacrifice on the cross
4. Resurrection
Born of a Virgin and Became a Man Bible Verses
What made it possible for God to become a man? Because man was made in the image of God
(Genesis 1:26)
Matthew 1:22-23 (quoting Isaiah 7:14) NIV
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive
and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
Luke 2:10-11 (NIV)
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for
all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the
Lord.
Sinless Life Bible Verses
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.

2. Hebrews 4:15 (NIV)
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all
points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
1 John 3:5 (NLT)
And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.
Sacrifice on the Cross Bible Verses
Mark 15:12-15 (NIV)
"What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them. "Crucify
him!" they shouted. "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the
louder, "Crucify him!" Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had
Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
Mark 15:24-27 (NIV)
And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. It was
nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read:
the king of the jews. They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left.
Matthew 27:45-46 (NLT)
At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. At about three o’clock, Jesus
called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why
have you abandoned me?”
John 19:30 (NKJ)
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He
gave up His spirit.
Resurrection Bible Verses
John 19:40-42 (NIV)
Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in
accordance with Jewish burial customs. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a
garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the
Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
Mark 16:4-6 (NLT)
But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already
been rolled aside. When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe
sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You
are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead!
Look, this is where they laid his body.
Luke 24:44-46 (NIV)
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that
is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” Then he opened their
minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The
Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
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3. Acts 2:22-24 (NIV)
“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by
miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.
This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the
help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the
dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold
on him.
Acts 10:39-41 (NIV)
“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed
him by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused
him to be seen. He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already
chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
What Did Jesus Do for Us?
1. Born of a virgin and became a man
2. Sinless life
3. Sacrifice on the cross
4. Resurrection
C. S. Lewis
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become the sons of God.
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