Lee Strobel

Right. John the Baptist pointed to Jesus and said, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. So he's applying this Jewish sacrificial system to the ultimate sacrifice, who is a sinless son of God, who would pay the sacrifice that we deserve for the sins that we've committed, and yet takes that on so that we can be forgiven. Yeah.

Well, our sins separate us from God. God is holy. God is perfect. God is pure. We're not. We sin every day. We violate His commands. You still do? Yeah. Let me tell you about it. And that has separated us from God. And the question is, how do we become reconciled with God? Somebody has to pay the price of the sin.

Well, our sins separate us from God. God is holy. God is perfect. God is pure. We're not. We sin every day. We violate His commands. You still do? Yeah. Let me tell you about it. And that has separated us from God. And the question is, how do we become reconciled with God? Somebody has to pay the price of the sin.

Well, our sins separate us from God. God is holy. God is perfect. God is pure. We're not. We sin every day. We violate His commands. You still do? Yeah. Let me tell you about it. And that has separated us from God. And the question is, how do we become reconciled with God? Somebody has to pay the price of the sin.

And either we do, which would be an eternity separated from God, or Jesus says, let me pay the price for you on the cross, the penalty you deserve for the sins that you've committed, so that I can offer forgiveness and eternal life as a free gift of my grace. And still be just. And still be just. That's the key. And so Romans 6.23 says, for the wages of sin is death.

And either we do, which would be an eternity separated from God, or Jesus says, let me pay the price for you on the cross, the penalty you deserve for the sins that you've committed, so that I can offer forgiveness and eternal life as a free gift of my grace. And still be just. And still be just. That's the key. And so Romans 6.23 says, for the wages of sin is death.

And either we do, which would be an eternity separated from God, or Jesus says, let me pay the price for you on the cross, the penalty you deserve for the sins that you've committed, so that I can offer forgiveness and eternal life as a free gift of my grace. And still be just. And still be just. That's the key. And so Romans 6.23 says, for the wages of sin is death.

In other words, what we earn, what we deserve, because of the sin in our life is death, which is separation from God for eternity. But, the verse says, the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. It's Jesus who paid the penalty to bridge that gap between us and God. And when we receive his free gift of grace, then we become reconciled with God forever. And so,

In other words, what we earn, what we deserve, because of the sin in our life is death, which is separation from God for eternity. But, the verse says, the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. It's Jesus who paid the penalty to bridge that gap between us and God. And when we receive his free gift of grace, then we become reconciled with God forever. And so,

In other words, what we earn, what we deserve, because of the sin in our life is death, which is separation from God for eternity. But, the verse says, the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. It's Jesus who paid the penalty to bridge that gap between us and God. And when we receive his free gift of grace, then we become reconciled with God forever. And so,

It required a payment of that kind, of the sinless Son of God, in order to atone for the sins that we've committed.

It required a payment of that kind, of the sinless Son of God, in order to atone for the sins that we've committed.

It required a payment of that kind, of the sinless Son of God, in order to atone for the sins that we've committed.

Well, the Trinity is God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Three persons, one God. What's interesting, Jesus, at one point, shortly before he was killed, got up before a group and he said, I and the Father are one. But the Greek word for one there is not masculine, it's neuter, which means Jesus was not saying, I and the Father are the same person.

Well, the Trinity is God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Three persons, one God. What's interesting, Jesus, at one point, shortly before he was killed, got up before a group and he said, I and the Father are one. But the Greek word for one there is not masculine, it's neuter, which means Jesus was not saying, I and the Father are the same person.

Well, the Trinity is God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Three persons, one God. What's interesting, Jesus, at one point, shortly before he was killed, got up before a group and he said, I and the Father are one. But the Greek word for one there is not masculine, it's neuter, which means Jesus was not saying, I and the Father are the same person.

He was saying, I and the Father are the same thing. We're one in nature. We're one in essence. And that's why people picked up stones and kill them, because they said, you're just a man and you're claiming to be God. So Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. He was saying, I'm not the same person, but we are the same God.

He was saying, I and the Father are the same thing. We're one in nature. We're one in essence. And that's why people picked up stones and kill them, because they said, you're just a man and you're claiming to be God. So Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. He was saying, I'm not the same person, but we are the same God.

He was saying, I and the Father are the same thing. We're one in nature. We're one in essence. And that's why people picked up stones and kill them, because they said, you're just a man and you're claiming to be God. So Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. He was saying, I'm not the same person, but we are the same God.

And that's part of the mystery of the Trinity, that he was praying to the Father. And on the cross, it's interesting too, when he prays, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Here are these people, we've talked about the horror of the cross, the flogging it went through, this torture of the cross, and yet...