Easter // Week 1 - “I Did This Just For You”

“I DID THIS JUST FOR YOU!”

“THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE FOR FOR ONE’S FRIENDS (John 15:13 – NLT).

*HOW DO YOU SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR SOMEONE ELSE?
• Aren’t we about the “

” factor?
• “I DID THIS JUST FOR YOU!”

I. THE CROSS IS THE

OF LOVE
• The Cross is the

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form of LOVE (John 15:13 – NLT & Rom. 5:8 – NIV)
• It is the

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which tends to make LOVE special.
- Matt. 26:50-53 - NIV
- John 10:17-18 – NIV

II. WHY WAS THE CHOICE OF THE CROSS THE EPITOME OF LOVE?

1) HE CHOSE TO BECOME

–
• He chose to

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just like us (John 1:14 – NIV).
• Jesus chose to

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with us (Phps. 2:5-8 – Message & Heb. 4:15 - NIV).
• “I DID THIS JUST FOR YOU!”

2) HE CHOSE TO

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OUR

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• Jesus took on

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our sins (II Corinthians 5:21; Matt. 27:46 – NIV)
• CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE?
• “I DID THIS JUST FOR YOU!”

CONCLUSION:

THE GOOD NEWS…YOU CAN HAVE A

START.
• John 3:16 - NIV
• I Jn. 1:9 – NIV
• Acts 2:38 - NLT
• II Corinthians 5:17 – NIV

Do you hear the words…”I DID THIS JUST FOR YOU!”