Jesus became our substitute when He died on the cross. He was not guilty of any sins but took the punishment for our sins in our place. It was God's plan from the beginning that Jesus would be the substitutionary sacrifice to save humanity and bring them back to God. God loves us so much that He sent Jesus to die for us, demonstrating His great compassion, so that through faith in Jesus we might be with God forever.

1. Series – JESUS is ______________ Part 5: JESUS is your Substitute!
Pastor Chuck Bernal – March 20, 2016
Jesus became our_________________ when He died on the cross
Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins.
He was not guilty, but he died in the place of people who are guilty. He did this to bring all
of youto God. (1 Peter 3:18 – ETRV)
That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for
the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to
bring us toGod. (1 Peter 3:18 – Msg)
We looked down on him, thought he was scum. But the fact is, it was our pains he carried
— our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself, that God was punishing him for his own failures. But
it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins! He
took our punishment, and that made us whole. Through his bruises we get healed. We’re
all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost. We’ve all done our own thing, gone our
own way. And GOD has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong on him. (Isaiah
53:4-6– Msg)
It was an _____________________________________ substitution!
He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it
has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he
was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised
from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that youknow you have a future in God. (1
Peter 1:19-21 - Msg)
This was God’s plan for all of history which he carried out through Christ Jesus our
Lord. (Ephesians 3:11 – GWT)
Jesus was given to you, and . . . youput him todeath by nailing him to a cross. But this was
God’s plan which he had made long ago; he knew all this would happen. (Acts 2:23– NCV)
He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on
the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range
plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in
deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. (Ephesians 1:9-10 – Msg)
THE LESSON: God_____________ me somuch,He planned formy salvation
It was a ______________________________________ substitution!

2. You know you were not bought and made free from sin by paying gold or silver, which
comes to an end. And youknow you were not saved from the punishment of sin by the way
of life that you were given from your early fathers. That way of life was worth nothing. The
blood of Christ saved you. This blood is of great worth and no amount of money can buy it.
Christ was given as a lamb without sin and without spot. (1 Peter 1:18-19- NLV)
He is sorich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son
and forgave our sins. (Ephesians 1:7 – NLT)
You have been purchased at a great price . . . (1 Corinthians 6:20 – Voice)
Not one of them, though rich as kings, can ransom his own brother from the penalty of sin!
For God’s forgiveness does not come that way. For a soul is far too precious to be
ransomed by mere earthly wealth. There isn’t enough of it in all the earth to buy eternal
life for just one soul, to keep it out of hell.
(Psalm 49:7-9 – LB)
He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. (1 Timothy 2:6 - NLT)
THE LESSON: God______________ me somuch,He sent Jesusto die forme
It was a ______________________________________ substitution!
But think about this: while we were wasting our lives in sin, God revealed His powerful love
tous in a tangible display—Jesus, the Anointed One died for us.
(Romans 5:8 - Voice)
Immense in mercy and with an incredible love, God embraced us. He took our sin-dead
lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us . . . Saving
is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift
from start tofinish!
(Ephesians 2:6,8 – Msg)
The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends. You are my friends . . . You did
not chooseme; I choseyou. (John 15:13-14, 16 – NCV)
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son and every one who believes in
him shall not be lost, but should have eternal life. (John 3:16 – PH)
APPLICATION:God__________ me so much,He wantsme with Him forever
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