Introduction: God is Loving Flashcards
God is Loving and has Reached Out to Us
He has provided a way for us to be close to Him that satisfies his holy/just nature.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God’s Son
Question: Who would you say Jesus is?
God in flesh.
John 1:14
And the Word [Jesus] was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
God’s Exchange (Jesus Becomes Our Substitute)
1 Peter 3:18a
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.
God’s Exchange (Jesus Becomes Our Righteousness)
2 Corinthians 5:21
For he [God] made him [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
God’s Exchange (Jesus Becomes Our Full Payment: Blood)
1 John 1:7b
The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
God’s Exchange (Jesus Becomes Our Full Payment: Finished)
John 19:30b
“It is finished.”
Man’s Deliverance (from Sin and its Penalty)
1 Corinthians 15:3b,4b
Christ died for our sins . . . and . . . rose again the third day.