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God’s Great ExchangeGod’s Great ExchangeThe Main Message of the BibleThe Main Message of the Bible
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If you were to die tonight, If you were to die tonight, are you sure you would are you sure you would
have eternal life?have eternal life?
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What is it that What is it that makes you certain?makes you certain?
Or, to put it another way...Or, to put it another way...
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If you were to die tonight If you were to die tonight and stand before God and stand before God and he should ask you, and he should ask you, "Why should I let you "Why should I let you
into my heaven?"into my heaven?"
..what would you tell him?..what would you tell him?
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What God DemandsWhat God Demands
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““Be holy, because I, Be holy, because I, the Lord your God am holy”the Lord your God am holy”
(Leviticus 19:2)(Leviticus 19:2). .
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To be holy means to be To be holy means to be completely set apart from completely set apart from sinners, to be without sin, sinners, to be without sin,
without a flaw of any kind, without a flaw of any kind, to be absolutely perfect.to be absolutely perfect.
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What God DemandsWhat God Demands
+ HOLINESS+ HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
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“‘“‘Love the Lord your God Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all all your soul and with all your strength and with all your strength and with all
your mind’; and ‘Love your your mind’; and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” neighbor as yourself’”
(Luke 10:27)(Luke 10:27). .
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““Do this,” said Jesus to the Do this,” said Jesus to the man, “and you will live” man, “and you will live”
(Luke 10:28)(Luke 10:28)..
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What God DemandsWhat God Demands
+ HOLINESS+ HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
= LIFE= LIFE
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What God SeesWhat God Sees
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““All have sinned and fall All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”short of the glory of God”
(Romans 3:23)(Romans 3:23)..
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““Your iniquities have Your iniquities have separated you from your separated you from your
God”God” (Isaiah 59:2)(Isaiah 59:2)..
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What God SeesWhat God Sees
–– HOLINESSHOLINESS
+ SIN+ SIN
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““The wages of sin is death”The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23)(Romans 6:23)..
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What God SeesWhat God Sees
–– HOLINESSHOLINESS
+ SIN+ SIN
= DEATH= DEATH
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As sinners, how can we As sinners, how can we possibly be in a right possibly be in a right
relationship with God?relationship with God?
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Try harder
Try HarderTry Harder
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Balance one
SINSIN
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Balance two
SINSIN GOODGOOD
Balancing ActBalancing Act
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comparison
ComparisonComparison
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“no” to all threeSINSIN GOODGOOD
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““There is a way that seems There is a way that seems right to a man but in the right to a man but in the end it leads to death”end it leads to death”
(Proverbs 16:25)(Proverbs 16:25)..
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““Whoever keeps the whole law, and Whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles at just one point, is yet stumbles at just one point, is
guilty of breaking all of it”guilty of breaking all of it” (James 2:10)(James 2:10)..
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GOD'S GOD'S GREAT GREAT
EXCHANGEEXCHANGE
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Jesus ChristJesus Christ• eternal Son of Godeternal Son of God
• became the Son of Manbecame the Son of Man
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Cross
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““Can any of you prove me Can any of you prove me guilty of sin”guilty of sin” (John 8:46)(John 8:46)??
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By his holy, sinless life, Jesus By his holy, sinless life, Jesus perfectly fulfilled every perfectly fulfilled every requirement of God to requirement of God to
qualify for life with God now qualify for life with God now and life with God forever.and life with God forever.
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What God DemandsWhat God Demands
+ HOLINESS+ HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
= LIFE= LIFE
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““The Lord laid on him the The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all”iniquity of us all”
(Isaiah 53:6)(Isaiah 53:6)..
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God made Jesus God made Jesus guilty of our sins!guilty of our sins!
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Our sins to him
+ HOLINESS+ HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
= LIFE= LIFE
our sinsour sins
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““My God, my God, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”why have you forsaken me”
(Matthew 27:46)(Matthew 27:46)??
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““It is finished”It is finished” (John 19:30)(John 19:30)!!
Our debt to God Our debt to God has been paid!has been paid!
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But what about God's other But what about God's other requirement...requirement...
...that of holiness?...that of holiness?
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His holiness to us
+ HOLINESS+ HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
= LIFE= LIFE
our sinsour sins
his holinesshis holiness
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““God made him who had no God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in sin to be sin for us, so that in
him we might become the him we might become the righteousness of God” righteousness of God”
(2 Corinthians 5:21)(2 Corinthians 5:21). .
God has credited God has credited Jesus’ holiness to us! Jesus’ holiness to us!
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He’s life, we’re death
+ HOLINESS+ HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
= LIFE= LIFE
our sinsour sins
his holinesshis holiness
–– HOLINESSHOLINESS
+ SIN+ SIN
= DEATH= DEATH
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He became what we were
–– HOLINESSHOLINESS
++ SIN SIN
= DEATH= DEATH
our sinsour sins
his holinesshis holiness
–– HOLINESSHOLINESS
+ SIN+ SIN
= DEATH= DEATH
He He became became what we what we
werewere
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We became what we were not
–– HOLINESSHOLINESS
++ SIN SIN
= DEATH= DEATH
our sinsour sins
his holinesshis holiness
++ HOLINESS HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
= LIFE= LIFE
We We became became what we what we were notwere not
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What God DemandsWhat God Demands
+ HOLINESS+ HOLINESS
–– SINSIN
= LIFE= LIFE
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““The wages of sin is death… The wages of sin is death…
……but the gift of God is eternal life but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” in Christ Jesus our Lord”
(Romans 6:23)(Romans 6:23)..
God's PromiseGod's Promise
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““Believe in the Lord Jesus, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved”and you will be saved”
(Acts 16:31)(Acts 16:31)..
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““It is by grace you have been It is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves; it is the not from yourselves; it is the gift of God--not by works, so gift of God--not by works, so
that no one can boast”that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9)(Ephesians 2:8,9)..
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““Nothing in my hand I bring. Nothing in my hand I bring. Simply to Thy cross I cling.”Simply to Thy cross I cling.”
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““Why should I let you Why should I let you into my heaven?”into my heaven?”
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In faith we point to Jesus and say,In faith we point to Jesus and say,
““He's why you should let He's why you should let me into heaven. Your Son me into heaven. Your Son
has opened the way for me. has opened the way for me. He is my Savior.”He is my Savior.”
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