Would you join me this morning
in the Book of Acts? The Book of Acts. Book of Acts,
Chapter 2. For a few readings, we've been
there, but we'd like to look at a few verses of Scripture
again. Peter is led to preach Christ. That's the message. Christ and Him crucified. That's
the message. That's our message, and that
was the message of the prophets of the Old Testament. Here in
the book of Acts chapter two, there in verse 22, and we're
gonna look at three different places in this chapter before
we move on, we have in these three different times in this
message, he directs our attention to the death of Christ and to
the resurrection. And that's gonna be very highly
important as we get to chapter three, because once again, he
is going to direct our attention to the death, burial, and resurrection
of Christ. Here in the book of Acts chapter
two, and there in verse 22, the word of God says, Acts chapter
two, verse 22, ye men of Israel, hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth,
a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs,
which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also
know." Now this message is on the day of Pentecost. This is
what he's preaching. And there's 11 other preachers
preaching on the same day, where? but close by, no doubt, and essentially
they're preaching the same message. There was no disagreement over
the message that needed to be preached because those gospel
preacher were preaching the message that the Holy Spirit had given
to them. Here in verse 23 of this chapter two, him, this Christ, being delivered by the determinant
counsel and foreknowledge of God. When we look at that, we
find out from old eternity, this one was offered up, this one
was given up as a sacrifice for the sins of the people. The sins
of those people that God had given the son in Christ, in God,
before the world began. Him being delivered by the determinant
for knowledge of God, ye have taken and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain. You got to do what natural man
has always wanted to do with God, killing. Given the opportunity, every
natural person would do this because we have our own gods
and we don't want that God that is over all gods. We want the
lesser God, whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of
death because it was not possible that he should be holding to
it. So God raised him up. There is a resurrection. He accomplished
exactly what he purposed to do. when he went to the cross and
that was to pay the sin debt of his people. And when that
was accomplished, and he was three days and three nights in
that heart of the earth, as we say, we find he came out victorious
and he has accepted back to the presence of the father to make
intercession for us because he accomplished his task. In verse
32 of this chapter, we find in the same message, that Peter
is preaching on the day of Pentecost, this Jesus, Acts chapter 2 verse
32, this Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. He's a resurrected one, and in
the same chapter in verse 36, therefore, let all the house
of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus,
whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ." So, the progression
that goes down through here, we see that is always directed
to the glory of God, the glory of the resurrected Christ, and
that paying us in debt. Well, as we get over to chapter
3, and would you join me over there in chapter 3? of the Book
of Acts, we notice from the beginning here in this chapter, we noticed
in the past that two of the preachers that preached on the day of Pentecost
are on their way up to the temple, and it was the hour of prayer.
Now they're not going to the temple because they believe those
sacrifices anymore. There was a place where people
got together and prayed. They didn't go into the temple
proper. There was a place there, and it was their custom to do,
and they went up there at a certain time to pray, And at this particular
time, at this particular day, we find out there was notice
given of someone that had laid here at this gate for all his
life. He had laid there because he
could not walk. He was brought by friends, he
was laid down, and it was his goal to collect enough money
in a day to take care of his food needs. And that's all he
had in mind. Here it tells us, as we notice
this incident that took place, This is not very long after the
day of Pentecost that this take place, and we're going to notice
in this incident, what happens turns into a public incident
which forced the Sadducees. Now, that's that council of Jews. It forces the Sadducee rulers
to take official notice. They just let things slide up
to this point, but when they begin to preach Christ crucified
and risen again and taking You know what happened? They lost
a lot of their church members. 3,000 in one fell swoop. Now that can't go unnoticed. They lost a lot of church members. You know what? Those church members'
lives changed dramatically. As we heard Brother Loren read
that scripture there, they were all under the law. and the Lord
placed them under grace. That line that we just read in
that hymn, oh, to grace, how great a debtor. Daily, I'm constrained
to be. Those 3,000 realized, oh, to
grace, how great a debtor. I am constrained to be. Well,
these Sadducees are going to take official notice and there's
going to be some persecution as a result of it. Thousands
of their church members had left them and we find that they're
going to have note of this. We read of this individual that
was lame from his youth up. He is brought to the attention
of those two preachers that day. And as we go down here in chapter
3 to verse 12, if you would, chapter 3 and verse 12, there's
a great gathering of people as a result of these two. Peter
said, silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, rise up and
walk. In the name of Jesus, rise up
and walk. Well, there's a whole group of
people gathered around him almost instantly because they had known
this person. They had seen him. They'd been
around him. Probably many of them had given
him a shuckle or two. Kind of soothed their conscience
as they went up to the temple. Most of those people thought,
my goodness, what power that these two people have. And Peter and John are going
to deny ever having anything to do with this. It tells us
there in Acts chapter 3 and verse 12, and when Peter saw it, he
answered unto the people, ye men of Israel, Why marvel ye
at this? Or why look ye so earnestly on
us as though by our own power and holiness, by our sanctimony,
by our ability that we raised this person, made this man to
walk? and then we notice there is for a period of time the God
of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath
glorified his son Jesus whom ye delivered up and denied him
in the presence of Pilate when he was determined to let him
go. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And this glorified his son, Jesus,
as it tells us there. It was such a beautiful statement
made by these disciples, as most people would want to take the
credit for the action that took place. And they immediately says,
don't look on us as having any power here. We're just instruments
in the hand of God. And you know what? Anybody that
preaches the gospel and someone is saved, It's not by our power. It's not by our ability. It is
by the power and ability of Almighty God to take someone who is totally
lost and desperately wicked to bring them around and show them
Christ. In verse 14, but you denied the
Holy One and the just and desired a murderer to be granted unto
you. You desired a murderer. to be granted unto you, and kill
the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead, whereof
we are witnesses. And his name through faith in
his name hath made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yea, the
faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in
all the presence of you all. Well, I'd like to look at a little
bit about verse 14 there as we think about the trade-off. that these people made. It hasn't
been that long ago that they were all in the Straits of Jerusalem,
and they had one thing in their mind, and that was this one for
that one. You know, the scriptures are
quite present on the subject of they traded Jesus for a murderer. So we'd like to look at a few
verses that bring that subject up. And, you know, it tells us
that there was a custom. Now, I was doing some reading
about this custom, where this custom originated that on the
day of the Passover, that they could choose someone to be set
free. We don't know where it really came from. Some think
that the Romans granted to the Jews in honor of the great Passover. You know, it was quite important
to the Jews, the Passover was. It wasn't important to the Romans.
The only thing they had to worry about was more security. They
had more people in town, they had more troublemakers, they
had more problems. So here we have that maybe they
suggested that on this day we'll trade someone that we're holding
in prison and let them go on this day. Pilate felt sure that
they would choose and release the Lord Jesus. Guilty of no crime. rather than
the noted criminal that we're going to find out that was asked
to be released, and his name was Barabbas. Before we look at some verses
with regard to Barabbas, would you turn with me to the book
of 1 Timothy chapter 6? 1 Timothy chapter 6, and there
in verse 13, we read these words, and Pontius Pilate's name is
mentioned here with regard to his present purpose in the matter. In 1st Timothy chapter 6 and
verse 13, it tells us this, I give thee charge in the sight of God,
who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before
Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession. Isn't that an interesting
verse of scripture about what took place on that day that he
What? He witnessed a good confession.
And we're gonna find out that Pontius Pilate found no fault
in him, but bent over to give to the Jews what they requested.
All right, would you join me in the book of Matthew chapter
27? Keeping in mind what we read over there, they desired a murderer
to be granted unto you in trade. Desired a murder to be granted
unto you in the book of Matthew chapter 27 and verse 15 Matthew
chapter 27 We're going to read some verses of scripture Here
and all of the Gospels have some comment on this subject because
it is a very important subject that is brought up here with
regard to the people in Israel that day of the Passover, Passover
time, that they would choose someone like Barabbas over the
Lord Jesus Christ. Well, we know he was delivered
by the determinant counsel and foreknowledge of God. He was
going to go to the cross, but we find here in these verses
of scripture, how depraved natural man's heart is. with regard to
God and with regard to their own nature. In the book of Matthew
chapter 27, we have this account beginning with verse 15. In the
book of Matthew chapter 27 and verse 15, now at that feast,
the governor was want to release unto the people a prisoner whom
they would, there's that custom that they had, It's an interesting,
it's a strange custom to me at least, but it was something that
they did probably on a yearly basis because it was the Passover
was a yearly thing that happened there. They had then a notable
prisoner called Barabbas. He has a great deal of infamity. He is noted for being a real
rascal. They had then this notable prisoner
called Barabbas. Therefore, when they were gathered
together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto
you? Now keep in mind, It seems that
Barabbas was in a hold or a jail cell quite close to the activities
that were going on at this time because when they chose to release
him, they didn't have to go far. They understood right away that
this man was going to be taken out of jail. So I want us to
understand and comprehend that Barabbas is overhearing almost
all that is going on. He's close enough to hear what's
going on. Now, he's a notable, what does
it say there? He's a notable, very nasty guy. Then it goes on there in verse,
notable prisoner. Therefore, in verse 17, therefore,
when they were gathered, Pilate said to them, whom will you trade? whom we will release unto you,
Barabbas, or Jesus, which is called Christ." Now, that word
was important to the Jews. All of them would say, we're
looking for the Messiah. That's what he said. He's known
as the Christ. For he knew that for envy they
had delivered him. When he had sat down on the judgment
seat, his wife said unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to
do with this just man? For I have suffered many things
this day in the dream because of him. But the cheap priests
and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas
and destroy Jesus. Now, it's not going to be long
here in chapter three of the Book of Acts, that this group
of people is going to start persecuting those who believe the gospel.
They're the ones that have seen a great number of their hosts
depart and come into the group that believed in grace, sovereign
grace, loving grace of God. The governor answered and said
to them, whether the twain will be that I release them to you,
and they said, Barabbas. Pilate said unto them, what shall
I do with Jesus, which is called Christ? They all say unto him,
let him be crucified. You remember the words of the
apostle Peter over there in the book of Acts chapter three, when
he came to that point, but ye denied the holy one and the just
and desired a murderer to be granted unto you. Here they call
for Jesus Christ to be crucified and Barabbas to be released.
And the governor said, why? What evil hath he done? But they
cried out the more, saying, let him be crucified. And when Pilate
saw that he could prevail nothing, but rather a tumult was made,
he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying,
I am innocent of the blood of this just man, see to it. And
then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us
and our children. They requested Barabbas over
Jesus. You have desired a murder to
be granted unto you. Well, in the book of Mark, would
you turn with me to the book of Mark chapter 15? The book
of Mark chapter 15, we have the subject again brought up. about
this one, a murder granted unto you. He is in a prison. We're going to find out that
he's there with a whole host of the guys that he ran with.
They're a pack of murderers, they're insurrectionists, and
they've been in trouble with the Romans and with the Jews.
Here in the book of Mark chapter 15 beginning with verse 6, Now
at the feast he released unto them one prisoner whomsoever
they desired. And there was one named Barabbas
which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him. He is in prison with a whole
host of those folks that he made insurrection, who had committed
murder in the insurrection. What a statement about this guy. We cannot find anything good
to say about him. It seems like the only person
who could was his mother. The law could not say anything
good about him. Rome couldn't say anything good
about him. The Jews couldn't say anything good about him.
There was not a quality about this man that was of interest
to society. And yet we're going to read that
this man is the chosen man to be released and crucify Jesus. Goes on to tell us here, And
the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire him, and do as
he had ever done unto them. But Pilate answered them, saying,
Will ye that I release unto you the king of the Jews? For he
knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy." So the
question comes up again, who are you going to trade? Who do
you want to be crucified? And they are going to choose
a murderer, an insurrectionist, a person that has caused great
turmoil there in their land over Jesus of Nazareth, King of the
Jews, the Messiah, and you cannot find one thing wrong with his
life. He came healing. He came raising
the dead. He came being a blessing. And
yet, they would choose this. Well, it's the natural tendency
of man to do exactly what we read about in this passage of
scripture. They cried. You know, it's interesting to
note that on the day of Pentecost, the same people that are saying,
crucify him, crucify him, are the ones that are present there
on the day of Pentecost, and 3,000 of them are brought out
of that turmoil. 3,000 of them are regenerated
by the power of God to go from this nonsensical, sinful place
of being a natural descendant of Adam and became children of
God. Now, they've always been children
of God, but isn't it interesting he lets us know that? That in
time, he lets us know that we are the children of God. But
Pilate answered them, will ye that I release unto you the king
of the Jews? For he knew that the chief priest had delivered
him for envy, but the chief priest moved the people that he should
rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and
said again to them, what will ye then that I should do unto
whom you call the king of the Jews? And they cried, crucify
him. Barabbas had this sentence upon
him. It was his end to be crucified. He is in hold to be crucified. The most indescribable death
that could probably ever be put upon a person. I can almost see that Barabbas
was holding his hands and feeling the palms of his hands as those
nails were going to pierce them and his ankles were going to
be pierced by those nails, that he was there not in a good sort
at all for the condition that he was in. How could I ever be
caught? I should have committed suicide
instead of allowing myself to be brought to this position,
and yet he is in prison with his cohorts on this exact day. that Jesus is brought before
Pilate and Jesus is tried and forced to be crucified by those
Jewish religious leaders. Turn with me, if you would, to
the book of Luke. In the book of Luke, we have
another few words about the same incident. Luke chapter 23, we
read here, beginning with verse 13. Luke chapter 23, beginning
with verse 13, And Pilate, Luke chapter 23,
verse 13, And Pilate, when he had called together the chief
priests and the rulers of the people, said unto them, Ye have
brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people. And
behold, I have examined him before you, and I found no fault in
this man touching those things whereof you accuse him. No, nor
yet Herod, for I sent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of
death is done unto him. And I will therefore chastise
him and release him, for of a necessity he must release one of them unto
the feast. And they cried out with a loud
voice, cried out at once, saying, away with this man and release
unto us Barabbas, who for certain sedition made in the city and
for murder was cast into prison. Isn't it interesting, on this
very day, he is in a place in Jerusalem, waiting execution,
and he overhears what's going on. Pilate, therefore willing
to release Jesus, spake again to them. But they cried, saying,
Crucify him, crucify him. And he said unto them the third
time, Why, what evil hath he done? I find no cause of death
in him. I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they
were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voice of them, of the
chief priests, prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence, that
it should be as they required. And he released unto him than
him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they
had desired, but he delivered Jesus to their will. It hasn't
been that long prior to this whole period of time that Jesus
came into their riding on a donkey, and they were tearing down palm
fronds and throwing them out in the street there, and their
clothes and everything else. Hosanna to the King of the Jews. And it's this crowd that's gathered
in Jerusalem this day, crying out, crucify him, crucify him,
crucify him, release unto us this man, Barabbas, a murderer,
an insurrectionist, a robber, a person of sedition. There was
not one good word that could be said about this person that
they asked for to be released. And then if you'll turn with
me, to the book of John chapter 18. John chapter 18. You know,
I have to ask this question. Have you ever been a Barabbas? Guilty, guilty, guilty. The law condemns. Every word
of God condemns. Guilty, guilty, guilty. When
did idolatry start among natural man? The Garden of Eden, when
man fell and he started worshiping himself, became as God's little
G. That's what we find. And here
they are doing exactly that very same thing. They are more important
than anything else. Well, here in the book of John
chapter 18, we read these words beginning with verse 38. John
chapter 18 and verse 38. Scripture shares this. Pilate
saith unto them, what is truth? And when he had said this, he
went out unto the Jews and saith unto them, I find no fault at
all. But ye have a custom. that I
should release unto you one at the Passover. Will ye therefore
that I release unto you the king of the Jews? And then cried they
all again, saying, not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was
a robber. You know, as we compare these
together, we find out he was an insurrectionist, he was a
seditionist, he was a robber, and he was a murderer. No qualities
about him would we want to have him as a next door neighbor.
But you know what? By nature, we ourselves are just
like Barabbas. We have no good qualities. We
cannot approach God by our qualities. We have none. And here we have
him, Barabbas, as chosen. Now, on this day that Jesus is
crucified, some Roman soldiers go down into the jail pit, not
that far away, and they open the door and say, Barabbas, come
here. Now I'm convinced that he believes
he's going to be crucified. It's his day. It's appointed
day of death. And he's hiding in the back of the jail cell.
He's not going to give himself up easily. He thinks he's better
off than they think he is. And so the Roman soldiers come
in and they grab him by his hands and they pull him out of that
cell and head him out of that jail. And he knows the end of
his track. He knows that when he gets out
of there, they're gonna take him up to a hill and they're
gonna drive nails through his hands and nails through his ankles
and suspend him on a cross and he is going to die this worst
of deaths. And you know when he gets out
of that jail cell and is let out of that jail, the Roman soldier says, you are
free, leave. And he says, what? What do you
mean? He says, that man is taking your
place. He's already been said that there's
no fault in him. That man is taking your place.
Well, we find out that every Barabbas, Jesus said that hold
ye not a physician, but they that are sick, every sick Barabbas,
must have a good physician. And here we have this man set
free. Now, what he did with the rest
of his life, whether he appreciated being set free or not, it doesn't
tell us. But it does tell us that he is
released from prison and he leaves. And instead of him being crucified
that day, we have the Lord Jesus taken out and He's going to be
beaten. He's going to have his beard
plucked out. He's going to go through all of this inglorious
stuff, which is insignificant compared to what will happen
to him on that cross. You know, many people have gone
through that. But when he goes to the cross,
we're going to find out that the judgment of God is going
to fall on him. No man has ever felt that. No
man could deal with that. We can only deal with that in
Christ Jesus. So all the judgment of God against
our sin fell on Him on the cross, and we find out that He took
our place. There is a trade that went on.
He took our place on the cross. We're extended the righteousness
of Christ, the imputed righteousness of Christ, and declared, yet
without sin. We have none of that left in
us. We are presented spotless before
the throne of grace. It tells us that this one, the
Lord Jesus, turn back with me if you would to the book of Acts.
As we read there, they desired a murder to be granted. What
he did with his life, it was a physical life given unto him,
but what you do with that life is so important. You know, the
righteous, the saved, God's people are told
in the scriptures, and they know it in their heart, I will love
him all my life. what grace has produced. Here in the book of Acts, going
back to the book of Acts chapter three, as we find out the apostle
Peter preaching on this day after this man is being healed and
a whole congregation of people gather around. Is it a mistake
that a man is met by Peter and John this day and they heal him? And there's a whole crowd gathers
around and what do they do about it? They preach unto them Christ
and Him crucified. And they tell this whole group
of people, you desired a murderer to be released unto you. How
would that strike you? How did it strike them? Well,
let's go on here in the book of Acts chapter three. And there
it tells us in verse 14, I'd like to start with verse 14 again.
And it says here, but ye denied the Holy One and just. What a statement. Now every man,
woman, boy, and girl ever born to Adam has done that. Denied the Holy One of God. And granted, you desired a murder
to be granted unto you. And killed the Prince of Life,
whom God hath raised from the dead, the Prince of Life, This
particular word is not found very often in the New Testament.
It is translated twice, prince. But you know, we read over the
book of Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 2 that he's the author
and finisher of our faith is the same word. And also in the
book of Hebrews, The word captain, he's the captain of our salvation,
is the same word. He is the prince of our salvation.
He is the author of our salvation, and he is the finisher of our
salvation. He's the captain of our salvation.
You have killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from
the dead, and whereof we are witnesses. They had put him on
the cross, but the scriptures tell us No man takes my life
from me, but I lay it down of myself. I mentioned not too long
ago that he could have called 12 legions of angels, 6,000 angels
in a legion. One of them would have been enough
to take care of the problem. Well, he himself could have taken
care of the problem by the word of his mouth. All of those that
came to arrest him were on the ground instantly. He had no lack
of power. He had no lack of anything. He was in charge of the whole
situation. And he tells Pilate, what you
do, I've only given you permission to do. So here we have that they
killed the prince of life. They killed him and then it says,
and his name, verse 16, through faith in his name hath made this
man strong whom ye see and know. Yea, the faith which is by him
hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of all. As we
follow the life and compare the life of Jesus in Barabbas, we
find that Jesus had raised the dead He was the prince of life,
the author of life, and the captain of our life, but this man Barabbas
was a murderer, and he had taken life. What a difference between
these two. Jesus had healed many people.
Barabbas had brought great harm to people. Jesus honored the
law. Barabbas had no use for the law. He dishonored it every day of
his life. The Lord Jesus honored it every day of his life, and
Jesus died for sinners, and he was innocent, and the guilty
man Barabbas was released as innocent. What a difference and
what a picture we have of what Jesus Christ has done on behalf
of his church. He has been declared guilty so
he could make us innocent. He has taken the brunt of all
things, the judgment of God, so that his people could be set
free. He has become sin for us and
imputed to us his righteousness. What a thing. Oh, to grace. How great a debtor I'm daily
constrained to be. As we read more about what Jesus
Christ did on the cross and the position that we are in by nature,
we find out grace is far more than we ever thought in the past. It grows every day. Then it tells
us here in the book of Luke, would you turn with me to the
book of Luke? The book of Luke on that day of crucifixion, There were two thieves that we
would say not near as fortunate as Barabbas. Whatever they had
done, their complete tally of sins against them, we only know
them as the two thieves on the cross. But here in the book of
Luke chapter 23, join me there if you would, Luke chapter 23
and verse 41. Now, both of these thieves have said If you be who you say you are,
save yourself and us. And they believe that they're
just as good as he is. And lo and behold, by the grace
of God, by the moving of the spirit, this man has heard a
message either from Jesus on that day or prior to that day
because no one has ever been saved without the word of God.
Never. There are no exceptions. I don't know how many times religious
people have told me they are the exception. There are no exceptions. We must hear the gospel. God
has decreed it, God has demanded it, and God will provide it.
Wherever we are, all of those that he has known from the foundation
of the world, he will make sure they hear the gospel. and not
a gospel, but the gospel of God's grace. Here, this one man, where
he heard it, might have been on the cross, might have been
before that. Maybe one of those preachers had been out there,
one of the apostles, he'd heard them. but it didn't change his
sentence. And he is nailed to a cross on
the right hand of the Lord Jesus. And that guy on the left-hand
side keeps bringing up accusations against the Lord. And notice
with me here in the book of Luke chapter 23 and verse 41. This is what one of those said. Verse 40 and verse 41, but the
other answering rebuked him, saying, dost not thou fear God,
seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we
receive the due reward of our deeds. Now it takes a lot of
grace of God for us to realize we're getting the due reward
of our deeds, because most of us in our religious state are
not due much. We are pretty well off. Not as good as we could have
been, but we're better than most. And here it is, made statement. Now this thief on the cross said
this, but this man hath done nothing amiss. What conviction
he had about the person that's being crucified with him. He
is unjustly on the cross. He is the righteous son of God. And yet he must go to the cross
and be the sacrifice for our sin. And he said unto Jesus,
Lord, I like that word because we find that Psalm of Tarsus
said the same thing. That's exactly the same thing
that Saul of Tarsus said on the road to Damascus, Lord. He said,
Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said
unto him, verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in
paradise. You know, in some respects, what
Jesus had to say here was a prophecy. because it was normal for people
to be two, three, four, five, six, seven days on a cross. But this man was put on a cross
and had to be taken down before that holy day. And so he died
that day. And Jesus said, today, you will
be with me in paradise. What a statement that the Lord
Jesus shares with this thief, a guilty man made innocent by
the blood of Christ. And it was about the sixth hour
and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And you know what it said during that period of time, my God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me? As he becomes sin for us
and God's just justice is poured out on him to make the payment
for our sin debt, And the trade that went on, well, we notice
a picture, a type, a shadow of that trade. Barabbas, you're
free. Jesus, you shall go to the cross. And on the cross, even there,
he's about his business of being the savior of his people. Today
thou shall be with me in paradise. So Peter again preaches Christ
and Him crucified and the benefits of that salvation. You desire
to murder. God gave us Christ.