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Date: 04 Nov 2018
Bible: John 12:1-11
Speaker: Andrew Sach

“A matter of life and death:
the substitute”

John 11:45-12:11

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Introduction: a doctrine under attack

 



 

 

 

1) The one who gives life must die

 

11:7-8, 16

 

 

11:47 “so"

 

 

11:53 “so"


 

 

2) The one who gives life must die to give life 

"one man should die for [hyper, 'on behalf of'] the people" (11:50-51)

 

cf. 6:49-51


cf. 10:11

 
cf 18:14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) So Mary loves him (but Judas complains)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because he gives life

(12:2 “so”; 12:3 “therefore"; and see 11:2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because he dies to give life 

  (12:7 “so that")

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COFFEE QUESTIONS

1. How ready are you to defend the doctrine of penal substitution?

2. How much do you love Jesus because of the doctrine of penal substitution?