Text: Luke 22:6323:49

Topic: Jesus suffered intensely to pay for our sins.

• The fact that Jesus suffered is indisputable; it's a historical fact.

• • Others scorn the fact that Jesus suffered, but Christians embrace this truth.

• Jesus suffered at his trial; he was mocked and beaten.
• Jesus suffered at his scourging (Matthew 27:26).

• • An article in the Journal of the Medical American Association entitled "On the Physical Death of Jesus" gives gruesome details of scourging.

• Jesus suffered terribly, agonizingly on the cross.

• • Crucifixion was designed to keep the person conscious and suffering. The prospect of death would have been an "exquisite release. But the person couldn't die."

• The key word is payment.
• 1 John 4:10.
• It wasn't enough to just die; Jesus had to satisfy the demands of God's wrath.
• Apart from Christ, God hates our sin with an incomprehensible, burning hatred.
• That's the gospel: Jesus suffered to pay for our sins, to satisfy God's wrath.

• Someone had to suffer and pay for our sins. It was Jesus.
• Therefore, I should admit my sin, turn from my sin, believe in Jesus, and receive the gift he offers.