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Man’s
Terminal Illness
Isaiah 53:1:12
I.
God has given us a diagnosis:
A.
It is complicated:
1.
It
affects every part of our moral being – Isa. 1:5-6
a)
Our mind
b)
Our heart
c)
Our will
2.
Blind
to holiness
3.
Deaf
to the appeals of God
4.
No
strength to do right. Romans 5:6
B.
It is universal: Romans 3:10; 5:12
C.
It is incurable by human remedies
Matthew 19:23-26
II.God
has given us a remedy: (with his
stripes we are healed)
A.
The just demands of the law have
been met: (
Rom.
8:1-4)
1.
He kept the law – Rom. 10:4
2.
He died in our place for our
breaking of the law
B.
A positive righteousness has been
provided: (Rom. 1:16-17)
1.
Without the law – Romans
3:21-26
2.
Christ himself is our
righteousness – I Cor. 1:30
III.
God’s remedy is effective
immediately:
A.
But it must be believed: John
3;16, 18,
1.
Recognition of the sickness and
that it is personal Romans 3:22
2.
Recognition and trust in the one
who prescribed the remedy - II Tim. 1:12
B.
It must be received: - John 1:12
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