Why Did Jesus Die on the Cross? – So We Could Be Forgiven

1. Read: Matthew 26:28 – “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”

2. About the Text:

1) Forgiveness is usually the first thing that we think about when we think about Jesus death.

2) If we were playing “Family Feud,” this would be the number one answer to our question.

3) Does Jesus’ death on the cross give everyone forgiveness automatically?

4) What does it mean that Jesus died on the cross so that we could be forgiven?

3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.

1. John 3:16-17 – The World! Whosoever!

2. 1 Timothy 2:4-5 – “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”

3. 1 Timothy 1:15 – “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.”

4. 2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

5. Acts 10:43 – “To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”

6. Psalm 86:5 – “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.”

1. Jeremiah 31:31ff -> Hebrews 10 – Read

2. Psalm 85:2 – “You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin.”

3. Psalm 103:12 – “As far as the east is from the west,So far has He removed our transgressions from us.”

4. Micah 7:18-19 – “Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.”

5. Isaiah 38:17 – “Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.”

6. Isaiah 43:25 – “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.”

7. 1 John 1:7 – “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin…. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

8. God does not count us as sinful. He doesn’t weave our sin into our lives.

1) Psalm 32:2 – “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.”

2) Romans 4:8 – “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

1. The blood of Christ – if God forgives me based on that standard, I must do the same.

2. Ephesians 1:7 – “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.”

3. Ephesians 2:13 – “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”

4. Colossians 1:14 – “in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”

5. Colossians 2:13 – “And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses.”

1. This means . . .

1) Every person has the opportunity for forgiveness.

2) God no longer holds our sins against us.

3) We have a standard upon which to forgive one another.

2. Invitation