I am no different than Barabbas. You’re a teenage failure.It’s hard not to wonder what happened to Barabbas after he fled that jail cell. This is my version of a sermon illustration used by the famous and fiery evangelist, Billy Sunday. For me.
He took my place when he died. I am Barabbas. What a POWERFUL message today, Easter Sunday, 2019. Wonderful Sermon !
He graciously took my place on the tree of Calvary.
Thanks to you and the worship team who takes us into His Presence through songs of praise, preparing our hearts for your message of Truth. I live in Pennsylvania, my cousin Tim Smith sent me the link. I am a born again Christian , Jesus Christ is my Savior Praise Him for taking my sin on Himself so I can live in Heaven someday.
“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21, NASB). Jesus took my sin upon Himself, bore my punishment, bore God’s wrath, died for me that I might be saved. Jesus took our place in that He was made sin for us. You have a gift for presenting The Word if God , I was blessed by your Easter Sunday sermon. Three times–verses 4, 14, and 22–three times Pilate says something like, “I find no fault in this man.”The other Gospel writers tell us that the Jewish leaders actually stirred up the crowd in order to get their way. His names tell us who he is. It was an easy job, simply keep the peace. You see, it was I who deserved to die. Barabbas goes free.The video clip tells us what may have happened after Barabbas went free.And what happened to Barabbas is symbolic of what has happened to every Christian.Jesus died as our Substitute. This is his main stress, the innocence of Jesus. I am guilty of sin. “HE TOOK MY PLACE” by Ray Pritchard The current controversy over “The Passion of the Christ” has raised an important point that deserves careful discussion. What does that really mean?
Posted on September 12, 2012 by markskrause. By David J. For me. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes” (1 Corinthians 11:25-26).Amen. I am a law-breaker. August 23, 2020 – Message from Pastor Josh Bevan Main Scripture Passage: Ephesians 2:4-5 … He finally admitted, rather timidly, that he had a Bible. And did he really think, “He took my place?”And while we may wonder how Barabbas responded to the crucifixion of Christ, the real question is how will we respond?Matthew’s account has Pilate asking the crowd, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?
Keep Believing Ministries is a registered 501(c)3 charitable organization. The other Gospel writers report this tradition of releasing a prisoner during Passover, so some scribes translating Luke’s gospel have included it here.So there is this tradition, you see, apparently a means by which the Roman authorities desired to show a bit of mercy by allowing the crowd to determine which prisoner may be released during the Feast of the Passover. It should have been me.
He took your place.” The memorable line from the video clip is this phrase: “He took my place. Peter says in 1 Peter 1:19, Jesus is “a lamb without blemish and without spot,” and on this basis He is a fitting sacrifice, a fitting Substitute, a fitting Lamb who, as John the Baptist puts it, “takes away the sin of the world!
He was pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our sin. And indeed, having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him;15 no, neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him.17 (for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).18 And they all cried out at once, saying, “Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas”—19 who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.20 Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them.21 But they shouted, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”Back when I was a parole officer I often found it helpful in sharing the gospel with parolees to illustrate the gospel in a way that was immediately understandable and relatable to their situation.The memorable line from the video clip is this phrase: “He took my place.In preparation for the Lord’s Supper and in preparation for our Good Friday service and Easter Sunday, I want to talk about how Jesus took our place.Let’s go through this text and then afterward a couple insights into what this means that Jesus is our substitute, what it means that Jesus took our place.Luke’s main point in giving his account of the details is that Jesus is innocent of any wrongdoing. At the time of the Civil War, there was a band of… Post was not sent - check your email addresses!