Jesus Paid It All

• Jesus received hatred in order that our hatred for each other could be forgiven.

JESUS PAID IT ALL

TRANSITION:

So we have seen the shame and disdain Jesus bore but lastly let’s look at how…

III. Jesus Bore Our Pain Matthew 27:46

EXPLAINATION:

• We hear all about the physical pain of the cross, but it was the spiritual pain that caused Jesus to cry out!

• In this passage we are forced to consider the unthinkable, Jesus being made sin for us. All the sins of the world dropped on the head of Christ!

• What we must understand about the cross is the spiritual pain it caused Christ.

o For the first time Jesus was separated from God

o For the first time Jesus experienced sin (all of them past, present and future at once)

• When we think about the nails we cringe because we can begin understand what that would be like but the spiritual pain we can not understand at all. Imagine all the sin of the world past present and future all dropped upon your head!

Now we finally hear Jesus Cry Out! It was in the Spiritual Pain of the Cross It was separation from the Father

ILLUSTRATION:

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” CS Lewis

Tonight I want you to hear the shouting voice of Christ in the pain of the cross – “My God, My God Why Has Thou Forsaken Me?” I want you to hear it because in Christ’s pain we learn a great lesson!

APPLICATION:

• We learn that we can handle anything but separation from our God!

• We can get through everything when we are right with God but we can not survive separation from our God.

• Tonight are you separated from God? (Believers and Non-Believers)

o Can you hear His voice?

o Can you sense His presence?

o Can you feel His love?

o Do you cry when you are alone because your sin has found you out? If you do hear these (4) words!!!

JESUS PAID IT ALL…

CONCLUSION:

• Tonight where are you:

o Are you wearing a mask and telling everyone including God that everything is ok and yet inside you’re deeply ashamed?

o Are you certain that God’s forgiveness is good for everyone else but yourself?

o Is the Christian life becoming a burden rather than a love story between yourself and your God?

Restate Proposition:

• As we work our way toward Easter remember, Jesus paid it all! He did not pay a partial payment, a down payment Jesus paid it all.

• This means your acceptable to God! He loves you, even better He really likes you.

• When you understand that then you are able to move forward in your faith and travel a little closer to home each day, home to your Father.

Restate Main Points:

Jesus Bore our Shame – We no longer have to be ashamed

Jesus Bore our Disdain – We are forgiven of our unfaithfulness toward others

Jesus Bore our Pain – Our Sin no longer separates us from our God

JESUS PAID IT ALL!

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