“Jesus Takes Your Place” What the Bible says about the Cross 1 Peter 2:20-25 Isaiah 53:1-12

 Welcome  SAVIOR: What the Bible says about the Cross -Pastor Magrey deVega -Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Tampa  1 Peter 2:20-25 (Christian Standard Bible) 20 For what credit is there if when you do wrong and are beaten, you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God. 21 For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 He did not commit sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth; 23 when he was insulted, he did not insult in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree; so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.  Rembrandt’s, The Three Crosses  Substitutionary Atonement  No one has greater love than to give up one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13  What Jesus performed was a self-sacrifice, a willingness to assume for us the punishment that we deserved so that we would not have to. – Magrey deVega  Substitution: Jesus Takes Your Place  Atonement: Making One. -Atonement is something that God does. It is not something we can do on our own. (Savior Study Guide, p. 18)  Substitutionary Atonement: Theory that actions have consequences and wrongful actions deserve punishment. How do you respond to this worldview?  Jesus self-sacrifice in the Suffering Servant in the Bible  No deceit was found in his mouth - 1 Peter 1:1/Isaiah 53:9  He carried in his own body on the cross the sins we committed. He did this so that we might live in righteousness, having nothing to do with sin. By his wounds you were healed. – 1 Peter 2:24/Isaiah 53:5  God caused the one who didn’t know sin for our sake so that through him we could become the righteous of God. – 2 Corinthians 5:21  Like Sheep going astray- but you now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. – 1 Peter 2:24/Isaiah 53:6  Substitutionary Atonement in Songs and Hymns -“Amazing Love How Could it Be!” -“There is Power in the Blood” -“To God Be the Glory” -“This is Amazing Grace” -“There is a Fountain Filled with Blood”  Blood Sacrifice  A Response of Gratitude  Prayer