Rooted EnRoute Part 2: Good Friday
April 15, 2022

Problem: We don’t take sin

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  1. Sin has a .

“To

is to be captivated and captured by the larger forces which oppose God, and to join them in doing their bidding.”

“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” —Romans 3.23

“I do not understand what I do…For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.” —Romans 7.15, 18-20

  1. Sin has a .

“For the wages of sin is death.” —Romans 6.23a

Jesus has the

to cancel—to “put away,” once and for all—the power and penalty of sin.

“Some men brought to Him [Jesus] a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the man, ‘Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.’ At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, ‘This fellow is blaspheming!’” —Matthew 9.2-3

“Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, ‘Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up and walk”?’” —Matthew 9.4-5

“‘But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ So, He said to the paralyzed man, ‘Get up, take your mat and go home.’ Then the man got up and went home. When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.” —Matthew 9.6-8

“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; He has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” —Colossians 2.13-15

“Christ is never fully valued until sin is clearly seen.” —J.C. Ryle

Invitation: Hand over your sin to your savior.

Where there is

, there is .