What Held Christ To The Cross?

What held Christ to the Cross?

o It wasn’t because he was friendless – Mt 26:53

o It wasn’t because of human weakness – John 10:18

o It wasn’t even the nails

It was

Our Sins

o He Became man’s substitute for sin – Is 53:5, Ga 3:13, I P 3:18

o Bore the sins of many – Heb 9:28, I Pt 2:24, I Jn 3:5

A Savior’s Love

o Unchangeable – Jn 13:1

o Divine – Jn 15:9

o Self-Sacrificing – Jn 15:13

o Inseparable – Ro 8:35

o Constraining – 2 Cor 5:14

o Sacrificial – Ga 2:20

o Manifested by his death – I Jn 3:16

Desire to divine will – Mt 26:42

Dedication to an eternal purpose

Foreordained plan of salvation

o 1st Recorded promise – Gen 3:15

o Announced by prophets – Ac 2:16

o Based on the foreknowledge of god - Ro 8:29

o An unchanging purpose – 2 Ti 1:9

o Antecedent to Creation – Tit 1:2

o Provided to the Sanctification of Believers – I P 1:2

o At the beginning centered in the Death of Christ – Re 13:8