God made him
who had no sin
But because of his great love for us,
God, who is rich in mercy,
made us alive with Christ
even when we were dead in transgressions--
it is by grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4-5, NIV
to be sin for us,
so that in him
we might become
the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going
up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the
prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
He will be turned over to the Gentiles.
They will mock him, insult him, spit on him,
flog him and kill him.
On the third day he will rise again.”
Luke 18:31-33, NIV
 “Now my heart is troubled,
and what shall I say?
`Father, save me from this hour’?
No, it was for this very reason
I came to this hour.
John 12:27, NIV
For what I received
I passed on to you as of first importance:
that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried, that he was raised on the
third day according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:3-4, NIV
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time
my mother conceived me.
Psalms 51:5, NIV
All of us have become
like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind
our sins sweep us away.
Isaiah 64:6, NIV
But when the time had fully come,
God sent his Son,
born of a woman, born under law,
to redeem those under law,
that we might receive
the full rights of sons.
Galatians 4:4-5, NIV
Going a little farther,
he fell with his face to the ground
and prayed,
“My Father, if it is possible,
may this cup be taken from me.
Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
Matthew 26:39, NIV
He was despised
and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows,
and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:3, NIV
How much more, then,
will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself unblemished to God,
cleanse our consciences
from acts that lead to death,
so that we may serve the living God!
Hebrews 9:14, NIV
 I have been crucified with Christ
and I no longer live,
but Christ lives in me.
The life I live in the body,
I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me
Galatians 2:20, NIV
Just as man is destined to die once,
and after that to face judgment,
Hebrews 9:27, NIV
We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order that,
just as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father,
we too may live a new life.
If we have been united with him
like this in his death,
we will certainly also be united with him
in his resurrection.
Romans 6:4-5, NIV
He will punish those
who do not know God
and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
They will be punished
with everlasting destruction
and shut out from the presence of the Lord
and from the majesty of his power
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, NIV
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace
was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5, NIV
About the ninth hour
Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”
--which means,
“My God, my God,
why have you forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:46, NIV
Jesus commanded Peter,
“Put your sword away!
Shall I not drink the cup
the Father has given me?
John 18:11, NIV
We all, like sheep,
have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6, NIV
 He himself bore our sins
in his body on the tree,
so that we might die to sins
and live for righteousness;
by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24, NIV
And being in anguish,
he prayed more earnestly,
and his sweat was like drops of blood
falling to the ground.
Luke 22:44, NIV
Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4, NIV
But now he has reconciled you
by Christ’s physical body through death
to present you holy in his sight,
without blemish and free from accusation--
Colossians 1:22, NIV
 May I never boast except
in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through which the world
has been crucified to me,
and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14, NIV
...and be found in him,
not having a righteousness of my own
that comes from the law,
but that which is through faith in Christ--
the righteousness that comes from God
and is by faith.
Philippians 3:9, NIV
Do I take any pleasure
in the death of the wicked?
declares the Sovereign LORD.
Rather, am I not pleased
when they turn from their ways and live?
Ezekiel 18:23, NIV
For he has rescued us
from the dominion of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom
of the Son he loves,
Colossians 1:13, NIV
 However, I consider my life
worth nothing to me,
if only I may finish the race ...because by one sacrifice
and complete the task he has made perfect for ever
the Lord Jesus has given me-- those who are being made holy.
the task of testifying
to the gospel of God’s grace. Hebrews 10:14, NIV
Acts 20:24, NIV

As it is written:
“There is no-one righteous, not even one;
there is no-one who understands,
This is my blood of the covenant,
no-one who seeks God.
which is poured out for many
All have turned away,
for the forgiveness of sins.
they have together become worthless;
there is no-one who does good,
Matthew 26:28, NIV
not even one.”
Romans 3:10-12, NIV
 “For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him.”
John 3:16-17, NIV
This is love:
not that we loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son
as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10, NIV
All of us also lived among them at one time,
gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature
and following its desires and thoughts.
Like the rest, we were by nature
objects of wrath.
Ephesians 2:3, NIV
who has saved us and called us to a holy life--
not because of anything we have done
but because of his own purpose and grace.
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus
before the beginning of time,
but it has now been revealed through
the appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus,
who has destroyed death and has brought life
and immortality to light through the gospel.
2 Timothy 1:9-10, NIV

At one time we too were foolish,
disobedient, deceived and
enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures.
We lived in malice and envy,
being hated and hating one another.
But when the kindness and
love of God our Saviour appeared,
Titus 3:3-4, NIV
“We who are Jews by birth
and not `Gentile sinners’
know that a man is not justified
by observing the law,
but by faith in Jesus Christ.
So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus
that we may be justified by faith in Christ
and not by observing the law,
because by observing the law
no-one will be justified.
Galatians 2:15-16, NIV
he saved us,
not because of righteous things we had done,
but because of his mercy.
He saved us through the washing of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
whom he poured out on us generously
through Jesus Christ our Saviour,
so that, having been justified by his grace, we
might become heirs
having the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:5-7, NIV
How great is the love
the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of God!
And that is what we are!
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1, NIV
 For you know that it was not
with perishable things such as silver or gold
that you were redeemed
from the empty way of life
handed down to you from your forefathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ,
a lamb without blemish or defect.
1 Peter 1:18-19, NIV
All that the Father gives me
will come to me,
and whoever comes to me
I will never drive away.
John 6:37, NIV
...and from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness,
the firstborn from the dead,
and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us
and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
Revelation 1:5, NIV
who gave himself for us
to redeem us from all wickedness
and to purify for himself
a people that are his very own,
eager to do what is good.
Titus 2:14, NIV

What good is it for a man
to gain the whole world,
yet forfeit his soul?
Mark 8:36, NIV
Jesus said to them,
“I tell you the truth,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man
and drink his blood,
you have no life in you.
John 6:53, NIV
that God was reconciling
the world to himself in Christ,
not counting men’s sins against them.
And he has committed to us
the message of reconciliation.
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,
as though God
were making his appeal through us.
We implore you on Christ’s behalf:
Be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20, NIV
When he had received the drink,
Jesus said,
“It is finished.”
With that, he bowed his head
and gave up his spirit.
John 19:30, NIV
 May the God of peace,
who through the blood of the eternal covenant
in order that in the coming ages brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus,
he might show that great Shepherd of the sheep,
the incomparable riches of his grace, equip you with everything good
expressed in his kindness for doing his will,
to us in Christ Jesus. and may he work in us
what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 1:7, NIV to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20-21, NIV

Since we have now

been justified by his blood,
how much more
shall we be saved
from God’s wrath through him!

Romans 5:9, NIV