Lee Strobel

So he lived the sinless life. So he becomes the sacrifice. In fact, the whole sacrificial system in the Old Testament among the Jewish people was pointing toward this. How on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would go in and he would sacrifice an animal, symbolic of that animal's a life being taken to pay for the sins of the Jewish people. How did that work?

So he lived the sinless life. So he becomes the sacrifice. In fact, the whole sacrificial system in the Old Testament among the Jewish people was pointing toward this. How on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would go in and he would sacrifice an animal, symbolic of that animal's a life being taken to pay for the sins of the Jewish people. How did that work?

So he lived the sinless life. So he becomes the sacrifice. In fact, the whole sacrificial system in the Old Testament among the Jewish people was pointing toward this. How on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would go in and he would sacrifice an animal, symbolic of that animal's a life being taken to pay for the sins of the Jewish people. How did that work?

It worked because it was foreshadowing. It was trying to say, ultimately, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is gonna come. He's gonna be born in Bethlehem on Christmas. He's gonna live the perfect life, and he's gonna be the one who's gonna be sacrificed to pay for the sins of the world. So there's always a payment. It's kind of one of those realities.

It worked because it was foreshadowing. It was trying to say, ultimately, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is gonna come. He's gonna be born in Bethlehem on Christmas. He's gonna live the perfect life, and he's gonna be the one who's gonna be sacrificed to pay for the sins of the world. So there's always a payment. It's kind of one of those realities.

It worked because it was foreshadowing. It was trying to say, ultimately, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is gonna come. He's gonna be born in Bethlehem on Christmas. He's gonna live the perfect life, and he's gonna be the one who's gonna be sacrificed to pay for the sins of the world. So there's always a payment. It's kind of one of those realities.

And Jesus is the only one, by virtue of his sinless life and his nature being fully God and fully man, the only one who could be a sacrifice for all of humanity. Man, it's just... It's mind-boggling. It's not.

And Jesus is the only one, by virtue of his sinless life and his nature being fully God and fully man, the only one who could be a sacrifice for all of humanity. Man, it's just... It's mind-boggling. It's not.

And Jesus is the only one, by virtue of his sinless life and his nature being fully God and fully man, the only one who could be a sacrifice for all of humanity. Man, it's just... It's mind-boggling. It's not.

No, I think it's more that he loves us. God is love, the Bible says. God loves us beyond a love that we can even comprehend. And he knows because we have used our free will to turn our back on him, to violate his laws, we've sinned. And because we have sinned, we can never enter heaven. So what's God to do? You're right. Well, God can't do anything. He can do many things. He's powerful.

No, I think it's more that he loves us. God is love, the Bible says. God loves us beyond a love that we can even comprehend. And he knows because we have used our free will to turn our back on him, to violate his laws, we've sinned. And because we have sinned, we can never enter heaven. So what's God to do? You're right. Well, God can't do anything. He can do many things. He's powerful.

No, I think it's more that he loves us. God is love, the Bible says. God loves us beyond a love that we can even comprehend. And he knows because we have used our free will to turn our back on him, to violate his laws, we've sinned. And because we have sinned, we can never enter heaven. So what's God to do? You're right. Well, God can't do anything. He can do many things. He's powerful.

He's omniscient. He's omnipotent. He can't do everything. He can't lie. You know, he can't, you know, there's certain things he can't do. But in order for him to accomplish the atonement for our sins so that, because the choice is this, Sean, you can pay for your sin. The sins that you've committed, you want to pay for those? Okay, you can do that. The Bible says the wages of sin is death.

He's omniscient. He's omnipotent. He can't do everything. He can't lie. You know, he can't, you know, there's certain things he can't do. But in order for him to accomplish the atonement for our sins so that, because the choice is this, Sean, you can pay for your sin. The sins that you've committed, you want to pay for those? Okay, you can do that. The Bible says the wages of sin is death.

He's omniscient. He's omnipotent. He can't do everything. He can't lie. You know, he can't, you know, there's certain things he can't do. But in order for him to accomplish the atonement for our sins so that, because the choice is this, Sean, you can pay for your sin. The sins that you've committed, you want to pay for those? Okay, you can do that. The Bible says the wages of sin is death.

You'll be separated from God forever because you can't come into his presence because you're a sinner. If you want to do that, that's your free will. That's your choice. But God doesn't want you to do that. He loves you. He wants to spend eternity with you in heaven. And so he said, how can I erase this sin from Sean's life? Jesus, what if Jesus paid for that sin? What if he atoned for that?

You'll be separated from God forever because you can't come into his presence because you're a sinner. If you want to do that, that's your free will. That's your choice. But God doesn't want you to do that. He loves you. He wants to spend eternity with you in heaven. And so he said, how can I erase this sin from Sean's life? Jesus, what if Jesus paid for that sin? What if he atoned for that?

You'll be separated from God forever because you can't come into his presence because you're a sinner. If you want to do that, that's your free will. That's your choice. But God doesn't want you to do that. He loves you. He wants to spend eternity with you in heaven. And so he said, how can I erase this sin from Sean's life? Jesus, what if Jesus paid for that sin? What if he atoned for that?

What if he was the sacrifice who paid the penalty that you deserved for the sins that you've committed? He said, no, no, no, I'm paying for him. Not as some third party, but he is the God that we sinned against. So he's not some innocent third party. No, he is the God we sinned against. So he is the one who's gonna go to the cross to pay that penalty.

What if he was the sacrifice who paid the penalty that you deserved for the sins that you've committed? He said, no, no, no, I'm paying for him. Not as some third party, but he is the God that we sinned against. So he's not some innocent third party. No, he is the God we sinned against. So he is the one who's gonna go to the cross to pay that penalty.