HE CHOSE THE NAILS--PART III

SERMON TITLE: A NEW GARMENT A NEW LIFE

SERMON THEME: COME INTO MY PRESENCE

INTRODUCTION: JESUS EXCHANGED A ROBE OF SEAMLESS PERFECTION FOR A ROBE OF INDIGNITY.

GALATIANS 3:26-29

²⁶ So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, ²⁷ for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

· JESUS BORE THE CLOTHING OF MY SIN AND YOUR SIN ON THE CROSS.

I PETER 2:24

²⁴ “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

I) JESUS OFFERS YOU HIS ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

· THE ROMAN SOLDIERS TOOK HIS CLOTHES AND DIVIDED THEM.

JOHN 19:23-24

²³ When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

²⁴ “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”

This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,

“They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.”^[a]

So this is what the soldiers did.

· JESUS WAS NOT ONLY SHAMED BEFORE PEOPLE, HE WAS SHAMED BEFORE HEAVEN.

I PETER 3:18

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

II) JESUS OFFERS YOU HIS ROBE OF ACCESS.

EPHESIANS 2:17-18

¹⁷ He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. ¹⁸ For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

· THERE IS NOTHING THAT REMAINS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD BUT AN OPEN DOOR.

HEBREWS 10:19-20

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,

· THE FLESH OF JESUS WAS TORN ON THE CROSS JUST AS THE CURTAIN WAS TORN BETWEEN YOU AND GOD.

III) JESUS OFFERS YOU HIS ROBE OF PRESENCE.

· WE KNOW GOD IS GOOD AND WE ARE NOT, AND WE FEEL FAR FROM GOD.

I TIMOTHY 2:5-6

⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

· GOD HAS REMOVED THE BARRIER OF SIN THAT SEPARATES US FROM GOD, BUT SOMETIMES WE CHOSE TO PUT THE BARRIER BACK UP.

· GOD IS NOT ANGRY WITH YOU. HE HAS ALREADY DEALT WITH YOUR MISTAKES .

HEBREWS 4:16

¹⁶ Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

IN GOD'S PRESENCE YOU FIND

1) PERSONAL REVIVAL

2) ABUNDENT FORGIVENESS

3) FOCUSED PURPOSE

ISAIAH 6:8

⁸ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

CONCLUSION: THE CURTAIN IS DOWN, THE DOOR IS OPEN, AND GOD INVITES YOU IN.

I JOHN 4:16

¹⁶ And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.