Someone said many years ago that
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ can be summed up in two
words. I've said this often since I
heard it the first time, and I've heard you preach it again
and again. That the gospel can be summed up in two words, substitution
and satisfaction. That's what we read while ago
in the book of Isaiah. Christ, our substitute, made
full satisfaction for all of our transgressions. He was wounded
for our iniquities. He was bruised for our iniquities,
wounded for our transgressions, for took our place. He was wounded
for our transgressions. and by his stripes we are healed. Also another two words that sum
up the gospel are these, just, he must be just, he is just,
he's the just one and he's the justifier. God has made him in
our place, room and stead, our justifier. But it's not only
It's not only on the cross that Christ is our substitute and
satisfaction. It's not only on the cross that
Christ is the just one and the justifier. It's not only on the
cross that Jesus Christ represented his people. He represented them
from the garden of Eden when God said to Satan, He'll bruise
your head, and you'll bruise His heel. And not only from the
garden, but to the cradle when He was made of a woman. When
He was made of a woman, bore our iniquities and sins in His
body. And on the cross, and also to
the crown. He's our satisfaction and our
substitute. From the garden, to the manger,
to the cross, and to the crown. Jesus Christ represented a covenant
people. Jesus Christ accomplished all
and everything that God required of you and me. Jesus Christ stood
in our place instead, way before the foundation of the world.
For then, God said, He's the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world. all the way to the right hand
of God where he ever liveth to make intercession for us. So
I want to show you something this morning. I preached this
message only twice before. The first time was up at Katie
Baptist Church in Fairmont, West Virginia. The second time I felt
led of God to preach it was at Wheatlesburg, Ohio. Christ, our
substitute and our satisfier, our just and justified one. I preached it many times, but
not in this order. I believe I have something here,
and I want you to listen very carefully and weigh every word
carefully now. I want you to turn first of all
to the Book of Luke. chapter 2. Luke chapter 2 and
I'm going to begin reading with verse 4. Luke chapter 2 verse
4. Alright, it says here in Luke
2 verse 4. Luke chapter 2 verse 4. And Joseph also went up from
Galilee out of the city of Nazareth unto Judea, unto the city of
David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and
lineage of David, to be taxed with Mary his spouse wife, being
great with child. And so it was that while they
were there in Bethlehem, the days were accomplished that she
should be delivered of her Her son. And she brought forth her
firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid
him in a manger. Watch this now. Because there
was no room for them in the end. Think of this. This is the Son
of God we're talking about. This is the Lamb of God. This
is the desire of all nations. This is the promised Messiah.
But there's no room for Him. There's no room for Him. He was
in the world, and the world didn't want Him. He was in the world,
and the world was made by Him. But they didn't know Him. He
came to His own nation. He was of the house and lineage
of David. Joseph was. So was Mary. And so is he, the son of David.
But there's no room for him. There was no room for Jesus Christ. He began his earthly ministry
an outcast, unwanted, unwelcome, unrecognized. That's what he
started on this road. No room for him there. Absolutely
no room. Why? Because He came to redeem
outcasts. He came to redeem those that
are unwelcome, unwanted, unrecognized. He came to redeem them. And from
the time that we fell in the Garden of Eden, Almighty God
put a flaming sword before that garden. Let's look it up. Let's
look it up here in Genesis 3. Genesis chapter 3 and verse 23
and 24. Listen to this. Genesis 3 verse
23. Therefore the Lord God sent Adam
and his posterity, sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till
the ground from whence he was taken, So he drove out the man
and placed at the east of the Garden of Eden cherubims and
a flaming sword turned every way to keep the way of life. Jesus Christ was not allowed
to be born in Bethlehem. They put him outside the walls,
outside the city. He was not allowed to die in
Jerusalem. He was crucified outside the
walls without the camp. He had to go to the wilderness
to buy you and I to redeem us, the outcasts. Unwanted, unwelcome,
unrecognized, an outcast, but he came to save his people who
were of the same nature. They borrowed, one old writer
wrote this, they borrowed a bed to lay his head in a manger when
the Lord of Glory came down. They borrowed an ass on the mountain
pass for him to ride to town. But the crown, the thorny crown
that he wore and the cross that he bore, they were his own. They
were his. They were his. All right, here's
the second scripture. No room for Him in the end. Unwanted,
unwelcomed, unrecognized. Now turn with me to Matthew chapter
1. Matthew chapter 1. It says here in verse 21. Matthew
1 verse 21. And she shall bring forth a son,
and call his name Jesus. Call his name Jesus. for he shall
save his people from their sins." Now Isaiah called him, his name
Wonderful. Who's this Jesus? Isaiah called
him the Counselor. Isaiah called him the Mighty
God. Isaiah called him the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace. What meaneth this name, call
him Jesus? I'll tell you why. Call Him Jesus
because He was made like His brethren. Turn to Hebrews chapter
2. Hebrews chapter 2, verse, let's
see, verse 14. Hebrews 2, verse 14. Listen to this. For as much then
as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself
took part of the same, called His name Jesus. Not wonderful,
counsel of the mighty God, Jesus. Listen. He took part of the same
that through death, through death He might destroy him that has
the power of death, that is the devil, and deliver them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. This name Jesus is His name of
humanity. He was a man. This man named
Jesus, this is His name of humiliation. This is the name where He became
flesh. Call His name Jesus because He
came from a mother's womb, just like you and me. Call His name
Jesus for He lay in a manger, no room in the inn. and nurtured
and nourished from a mother's breast. Call His name Jesus,
because as He grew up, He was subject to His parents. He worked
as a carpenter. Call His name Jesus, for He walked
this earth as a man. Call His name Jesus. I don't
understand this, but I know it's true. And He increased in wisdom
and stature and in favor with God. He was a real man. Not wonderful, counselor, the
mighty God. Jesus. Jesus. Call His name Jesus,
because He was tempted in all points as we are, yet without
sin. Call His name Jesus, because
as Jesus, He never performed one single miracle to relieve
His own needs. When he was thirsty, he asked
a woman to give him something to drink. When he was thirsty,
he cried from the cross, I thirst. That's right. When Jesus Christ
wore out, he sat on a well and sent his disciples to get him
something to eat. You see what I'm trying to say?
Call his name Jesus. When he was weary with his journey,
He sat down to rest because he's a man. And so they borrowed a
bed where he laid his head. And they borrowed the bread from
the crowd he fed on that grassy mountainside. Anybody here have
any food? Little boy's got some loaves
and fishes. Well, we'll use those. They borrowed
the dish of little fish when the 5,000 were satisfied. But that thorny crown that He
wore and that cross that He bore, they were His own. All right,
one more. Look at Luke chapter 2. Call
His name Jesus. Luke chapter 2 again. Call His
name Jesus. He's going to do something for
His people. deliver them, save them, redeem them by His blood. Call His name Jesus. Alright,
Luke 2 verse 20. Luke 2 verse 20. And the shepherds returned, glorifying
and praising God for all the things that they had heard and
seen as it was told unto them. And when this man Jesus when
he was eight days old. When the eight days were accomplished
for his circumcision? For Jesus Christ is circumcised? Circumcision belongs to the sons
of Abraham. He's the Son of God. Circumcision
refers to a covenant of mercy. He needs some mercy. Circumcision
refers to guilt. He's immaculately holy. Circumcision
refers to cleansing. He had no sin. But I'll tell
you what he did. He did for us. He obeyed the
law that was in force at that time in every jot and tittle. And as soon as he was born, eight
days later, He shed His blood. As soon as He was born, He shed
His blood. For though He were a son, He
learned obedience with the things He suffered. Christ Jesus was
circumcised. As it was His custom, He went
to the synagogue every Sabbath day. As it was His custom, He
kept the Passover every year until that last one. Until that
last one. Because He said, I always do
those things that please my Father. Because He's our substitute.
He's our substitute. All right. No room in the inn.
Call Him Jesus. Not the mighty God. Not the everlasting
Father. Call His name Jesus because He's
going to save His people from this sin. He called his name
Jesus because he shed his blood in circumcision. Now here's the next one. Turn
to Matthew 3. Matthew chapter 3. I'm preaching
substitution this morning. You talk about substitution and
satisfaction. In Matthew chapter 3, verse 13. Then cometh Jesus, who Jesus,
from Galilee to Jordan unto John. Brother Tom, look at this, to
be baptized. To be baptized of John. And John forbade him, I don't
blame him. John forbade him, saying, I have
need to be baptized of thee, comest thou to me? Our Lord made
this statement, listen, suffered be so, for thus it becometh us, me taking
your place, becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. All righteousness. The Son of God standing in Jordan's
river to be baptized as a sinner. That's right. You see, baptism
is for sinners. You don't baptize people that
aren't sinners. You baptize those who are sinners.
Let me show you this scripture in Luke chapter 7. Luke chapter
7 verse 29. Luke 7 verse 29. And all the
people Luke 7, 29, all the people that
heard him and the publicans who had heard John the Baptist justified
God being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees rejected. What did they reject? The baptism,
yes, but they rejected the counsel of God against themselves. They
would not take their place as a sinner. They would not take
their place as a sinner. They justified, they rejected
the counsel of God against themselves being not baptized of Him. Baptism
is the baptism of repentance. I'm a sinner. I need mercy and
grace. Baptism says, I need to die. I need to be buried and rise
again. Baptism says, I justify God. in all His charges against me. What has this to do with our
Savior? Substitution. Substitution, that's
right. Suffer it to be so, to fulfill
all righteousness. All right. No room for Him in
the unwanted. Call Him Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. He saved his people from their
sins. He shed his blood in circumcision and he was baptized. And somebody
wrote this hymn one time. Is anyone, is this anyone who
can help us? Who can give us centerpiece?
When his heart is burdened down with pain and woe. Is anyone
who can help us? Who can speak a word of pardon?
that affords us sweet reliefs, whose blood can wash us white
as snow? There's one. There's only one,
the blessed, blessed Jesus. He's the one. And when afflictions
press the soul, and waves of trouble roll, is there anyone
who can save us? Yes, there's one. His name is
Jesus. All right, one more. Luke chapter
22. Luke chapter 22, verse 39. Luke 22, verse 39. Our substitute. Our substitute. Luke 22, 39. Listen to this. And there He
came out and went as He would want to the Mount of Olives,
And his disciples also followed him. And when he was come, when
he was at the place, he said to his disciples, pray that you
enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them
about a stone's cast. And he kneeled down and prayed.
And he said, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from
me. Nevertheless, not my will, but
thy will be done. And there appeared unto him angels,
appeared an angel from heaven to strengthen him. And being
in agony, the Son of God in human form, in human nature, is in
agony. And being in agony, he prayed. He prayed. earnestly and his
sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the
ground. What in the world is this? What
is this? It's our Lord, listen, all the
sins of all the elect of all ages were laid on Him and He
is about to be, He's about to be crushed under the full judgment
of Almighty God, all the shame and guilt and sinfulness and
iniquity of our sins had plunged his soul into the deepest agony
and blood flowed from the pores of his skin because he was made
sin for us. Made sin. All right, read on. Now, Matthew
27. Matthew 27, verse 33. Listen to this. Matthew 27, verse
33. Matthew 27, 33. Here it is. And when they would come to a
place called Golgotha, That is to say, a place of a
scuffle. They gave him vinegar to drink
mingled with gall, and when he tasted thereof, he would not
drink. And they crucified him, and parted
his garments, casting lots that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophets. They parted my garments among
them, and upon their my bester did they cast lots and sitting
down they watched him. This is the final, final awesome,
awful display of human iniquity and depravity as our Lord suffered
and died on that cross and they sat there and watched him, watched
him. But I'll tell you there's a fella,
there was a fella that was sitting in that crowd watching, looking
in a different spirit and attitude, seeing that man die on that cross.
You knew who it was. The other disciples had gone,
you know, and everybody forsook him and fled. But there was a
man in that crowd that was sitting out there and he was watching
that man die on that cross and he had a totally different attitude
and outlook than anybody there. Do you know who it was? It was
a man called Barabbas. Old Barabbas. Barabbas, you see,
Barabbas was a thief and a murderer. And they'd sent us Barabbas to
die on a cross, on that cross. There were two other thieves
and there was Barabbas and they were all going to die on their
crosses. There's three of them supposed to be crucified. And
Barabbas was down there in the dungeon. And Pilate was up here,
and Jesus Christ, Jesus was before Pilate. And they were trying
him. And Pilate said, well, it's customary
for the ruler to give up one prisoner. He said, give up one prisoner, let him go. Would
you want me to give you Barabbas or let him go and crucify Jesus?"
They said, crucify Jesus. Crucify Jesus. They began to
take it up. Let him be crucified. Let him
be crucified. And I can imagine, take Lazarus
back and he's down there in that dungeon, had his chains around
his arms and legs and in the dungeon, and he heard that crowd
hollering, give us Barabbas! There's thousands of them out
there, give us Barabbas! And he cringed. And Pilate said
to him, what do we do with Jesus who's called the Christ? Let
Him be crucified! That's all they heard, that's
all Barabbas heard. He heard them say, give us Barabbas,
let Him be crucified. Well, time passed. Our Lord was
nailed to the cross and some of those soldiers walked down
to the dungeon and they walked up to Barabbas' cell and he backed
off against the wall, you know, trying to hide himself. And they
came in, all these soldiers, and they took off his chains
and dropped them and took off his leg irons and dropped them
and they laid him outside First time he'd seen the sun from that
old dungeon cell, he walked out and looked and there was the
sun shining, you know, and these fellas said to Barabbas, you're
free to go. He said, what? You're free to go? I'm supposed
to be crucified. Oh, you didn't hear? This man
called Jesus is dying in your place. He's dying on your cross. You're free. You go home. I bet he didn't go home. Walked
right up out of that hill. And sat down with all those,
they sat down, they sitting down, they watched him there. And Barabbas
watched him too. I wonder, I wonder if Barabbas
followed this thing through. I did, by God's grace. You did. Followed this thing through.
All of this happened. No room for him in the end. Call
His name Jesus. He'll save His people. Let Him
be circumcised. Let Him be baptized. Let Him
suffer in agony. Nail Him to a cross. Nail Him
to a cross. But they nailed Him to my cross.
He took my place. That's it. He took my place. Literally, actually took our
place. Died in our stead. Jesus paid it all. All the debt
I owe, sin left her crimson stain, washed it white as snow. Then
he went to the right hand of God and sat down. Having finished
what he came to do, paid it off and interceded for us. That's
our substitute. All right, that's our substitute
and that's our satisfaction. I pray the Lord use the message
for his glory and for your good. Thank you.