Lesson 4: A Humanitarian by Making a Wonderful Covenant

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Man of Sorrows

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Performed by Big Valley Grace Community Church

Isaiah 53 tells us about how Jesus would be cut as a covenant for us on the cross.

Song Lyrics

1. Man of sorrows Lamb of God
By His own betrayed
The sin of man and wrath of God
Has been on Jesus laid

2. Silent as He stood accused
Beaten mocked and scorned
Bowing to the Father’s will
He took a crown of thorns

CHORUS:
Oh that rugged cross my salvation
Where Your love poured out over me
Now my soul cries out hallelujah
Praise and honour unto Thee

3. Sent of heaven God’s own Son
To purchase and redeem
And reconcile the very ones
Who nailed Him to that tree

BRIDGE:
Now my debt is paid
It is paid in full
By the precious blood
That my Jesus spilled
Now the curse of sin
Has no hold on me
Whom the Son sets free
Oh is free indeed

4. See the stone is rolled away
Behold the empty tomb
Hallelujah God be praised
He’s risen from the grave

Questions to Consider

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What is the main point of the song?
What does this song teach us about humans and their condition?
What does this song teach us about God?

Illustrating Our Sin & Our Savior

Artwork by Chris Powers

Mark 15:15, “…and having scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.”

Isaiah 53:5, “…and with His stripes, we are healed.”

Questions to Consider

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What is the main point of the illustration?
What does this illustration teach us about humans and their condition?
What does this illustration teach us about God?

God “cut” a covenant with Abram using flesh and blood of animals. God cut another greater covenant with Jesus’ flesh and blood. The covenant Jesus made in his flesh and blood, given on the cross, gives us a heavenly inheritance with God.

My sin deserves the punishment and penalty of blood and death.

Jesus took my punishment and paid for the debt of my sins on the cross. I am healed because of him.

Artwork by Chris Powers

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

Ezekiel 16:6,8

Questions to Consider

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What is the main point of the illustration?
What does this illustration teach us about humans and their condition?
What does this illustration teach us about God?

Fallen humanity could never clean itself up enough to be worthy of making a bilateral (two-sided) covenant with God. God saw us in our helpless state, and in love, he acted. He made a covenant of love with humanity and wrapped us in the righteousness of Christ, adoring his believing people as the bride of Christ, the church.

There is nothing I could do to clean myself up and make myself presentable or worthy before God.

God chose to enter into a covenant with me and make me his own, wrapping me in himself.

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Lesson 4: A Humanitarian by Making a Wonderful Covenant

Art & Music That Matters

Man of Sorrows

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Questions to Consider

Illustrating Our Sin & Our Savior

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