Jesus, Our Substitute

Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane presents a picture of a man in deep distress. He was tormented not only by the prospect of death, as Alistair Begg notes, but also because He was about to be “made sin.” Though innocent, by taking on our sin He would also bear the punishment for it. With Christ’s innocence as our own, there is nothing we can do to improve our position with God. We can only live our lives as a sacrifice.
Scripture: Luke 22:39-46
Preached: July 13, 2003
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My Jesus, I love Thee. I know Thou art mine.

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Not only is Jesus Christ our substitute in our death for sin, He also is our substitute in living unto God. (Rom 6:10) For in that he (Jesus Christ) died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he (Jesus Christ) lives unto God. (Rom 6:11) Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 5:9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Rom 5:10) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Gal 2:20) I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.