The Power Of The Cross
January 19, 2025

The Power Of The Cross


1 Corinthians 1:17–18 NLT
For Christ didn’t send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News—and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power. The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.

Exchange: to

one thing to another.

FOR

Romans 3:23 NLT
For everyone has sinned…

Ephesians 1:7 NASB
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Redemption: release a

by paying a .

Forgiveness: to

away or a debt.

FOR

Definition: Being by God; having a before God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 NASB
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

He didn’t make Him a

; made Him or our sin and our unrighteousness.

Impute: term to from one account to another.

Theologically: The act by which God or the righteousness of Christ to our .

God turned his on Jesus to turn His to us!

FOR

Deuteronomy 21:22–23 NLT
“If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree, the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung is cursed in the sight of God…”

From the beginning, sin is tied to a

which is tied to a .

Galatians 3:13–14 NASB
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”— in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Hebrews 4:16 NLT
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.