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Message: Rescue – The Rescue
I.
Introduction
a. Read Genesis 7:1-24
II.
How
Jesus Died
a. Has last dinner with disciples, goes to
garden to pray, ends up sweating blood there because of the stress of the situation,
one of his twelve closest followers betrays him to the priests who arrest him,
he is taken for a trial where he is spit on, punched repeatedly while
blindfolded, he is then taken to another 2 trials, before finally ending up
back in front of the governor for a final trial (walking about 2.5 miles,
remember he has been beaten and been up for around 24 hours at this
point).
b. The governor tries to release him but ends up
flogging him first which was where you would be whipped with whip made with
leather with bones, metal, or lead balls tied into it. It would cause deep bruises, rip muscles,
etc… On that back that was flogged he
had a robe placed on it and then taken off, a crown of thorns (1-2 inches long)
placed on his head which was then hit with a staff.
c. He was then lead to a place to be crucified
(wooden cross used as an way to torture and kill people). You would have to carry a crossbeam
(75-125lbs), he couldn’t so they had to get someone else to help. On the walk he was spit on and insulted. They then crucified him. Nails 5-7in long x 3/8 in wide where driven
into foot and wrist. Beyond the pain of
the piercing it would pinch nerves causing each movement to bring a shock of
pain through him. In order to breath you
would have to use the nails to pull yourself up. Eventually you would die of exhaustion and
suffocation. People stood nearby mocking
him. After a few hours he died.
III.
Why
Jesus Died
a. To rescue us
b. Read Matthew 26:20-28
c. He sets up something here as a way to
remember what he was about to do. He was
about to die, for a purpose
d. He tells us that the blood that he was about
to spill was a new covenant to bring about the forgiveness of sins
i.
New
Covenant
1. The old covenant was a deal between God and
the Jewish people. It was complicated
and had them sacrificing animals as a reminder of the sin they had committed
and as a way to ask for forgiveness.
2. It was rule after rule and it was impossible
for anyone to live up to the standard established by God.
3. So he sent His Son to bring about a restored
relationship and establish a new deal between God and man, not just the Jews
but all of humanity.
4. The new covenant can be summed up with this
simple verse:
a. John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that
He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but
have eternal life.”
b. It isn’t about what we can do to earn his
love or forgiveness, but rather what he did for us so we could be forgiven.
IV.
But in
order for rescue to happen you have to get on the boat, you have to enter into
that new covenant with him. This new
covenant comes from believing in him and what he did for you, by asking for
forgiveness, and by making him your God.
a. Do you want to be rescued tonight?
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