Peace Through the Cross
David Boyd
March 25, 2016
Introduction
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Issues?
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The events themselves
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What day was it?
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Life at the Crossroads
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Our Challenge
Colossians 1:13-22
Col. 1:13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and
transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we
have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation; 16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were
created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or powers-- all things have been created through him and
for him. 17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things
hold together. 18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to
have first place in everything.
19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
20 and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all
things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through
the blood of his cross.
21 And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing
evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through
death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable
before him--
Outline
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He is the Image of the
Invisible God
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He is the Firstborn of
Creation
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He brings Peace to us
through the Blood of his
Cross
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The Impact on our Lives in
2016?
Image of God
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No Statues, Idols or Images of God (Ex. 20:4)
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Appears to Abraham in Genesis 18
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Jacob Wrestles with God in Genesis 32: 28, 30
(Israel & Peniel)
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Moses saw God
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Angel of God's Face? Isaiah 63:9
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Jesus said to the Disciples "Whoever has seen me
has seen the Father..."
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Hebrews 1:3 "His Son is the radiance of his glory,
the very image of his substance..."
Firstborn of Creation
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Does 'Fristborn' mean 'First Created'?
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Literal meaning -'the first born child' as in Exodus 22:29
"The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me!"
(Remember the plagues and the death of the 'Firstborn'
throughout Egypt) Example Manasseh Gen. 41:51
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Non-Literal meaning -'a special or pre-eminent person'
who would receive the inheritance and special blessings
(Gen. 48:13-20 and later Jeremiah 31:9)
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Jesus (Yeshua) was God's "one of a kind son" and
Zechariah declared "When they look upon ME whom they
have pierced, they will weep for HIM as one weeps over a
Firstborn." 12:10
Peace through the Cross
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Human sacrifice was practiced by many cultures. That is NOT
what made this special
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NOT just an example of self-less courage and sacrifice
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As the sacrificial Lamb of Yom Kippur and the BLOOD of the
Lamb at PASSOVER, Jesus' blood poured out on the Cross
makes our Peace and Pardon Possible
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It is the VALUE of the SACRIFICE that brings Eternal Value to
us
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"...through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all
things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace
through the blood of his cross."
Impacting Our Lives