HOW MANY DIED AT THE CROSS? What does it mean that “all died” at the cross?
- 2 Corinthians 5:14.
WHAT DOES "SUBSTITUTION ATONEMENT" LOOK LIKE? Christ died as a “substitution” for me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14.
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WHAT ARE THE PIECES OF THAT?
a. You sinned and that condemned you to spiritual death.
- Genesis 2:17; Ezekiel 18:20; Romans 6:23; Romans 8:6; James 1:15; James 5:20; Revelation 21:8.
b. Jesus died that death for you as your “substitute.”
- Isaiah 53:6, 11-12; John 1:29; John 6:51; John 11:50; Romans 5:6, 8, 10; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18.
c. That means you died spiritually with Christ at the cross.
- Romans 6:5-10; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 2:20; 2 Timothy 2:11.
d. With the sinful you dead on the cross, a door was opened for you to be “born again” as a “new creation.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17, 21; Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 2:15; Ephesians 4:24; Titus 2:14.
HOW DO I LIVE THAT OUT?
a. I live passionately for the One who died to give me new life.
- 2 Corinthians 5:15.
b. I allow what Jesus did to “compel” me to invite and encourage others.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14a.
- The opening phrase refers back to the previous discussion, which concerns how Paul is giving his life in service of the Corinthians.
