You Are Barabbas

Freed from Death

The Passover Custom

• “Passover” of judgment– Release one prisoner– Political tactic?

• Pilate was probably not a big fan of the custom– Guilty criminals being released

into the public!– This time was different!

What do we know about Barabbas?

• He is a notorious prisoner (Mat 27:16)

• An insurrectionist (rebel) (Mark 15:7)

• A murderer (Mark 15:7, Acts 3:14)

• A thief (John 18:40)

Barabbas is clearly a guilty man deserving of death!

The unthinkable happens…

• "His blood shall be on us and on our children!" (Matt. 27:25)

• A criminal was released instead of an innocent man!

• Jesus took Barabbas’ place on the cross

One last fact about Barabbas

• His name…– What is it?

Bar-abbasSon of Father

You are Barabbas!

What do we know about Barabbas?

• He is a notorious prisoner (Mat 27:16)

• An insurrectionist (rebel) (Mark 15:7)

• A murderer (Mark 15:7, Acts 3:14)

• A thief (John 18:40)

Barabbas is clearly a guilty man deserving of death!

• You are a notorious prisoner (slave of sin, Jn 8:34)

• You are an insurrectionist (rebel)• You are a murderer (hatred, 1 Jn

3:15)• You are a thief• Etc… (lying, coveting, fornication)

You are clearly a guilty person deserving of death!

The unthinkable happened…

• Jesus took YOUR place on the cross– This was God’s choice!!!

• You can be released from your sin!

• How can we receive freedom?

• “he who has died is freed from sin.” Romans 6:7

 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood…”

-Romans 3:23-25

New Testament terminology identifying the point when one is forgiven:

• He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross so that we might die to sin 1 Peter 2:24

• “…If we died with Him we shall also live with Him” -2 Timothy 2:11

• “Now if we died with Christ we believe we will also live with Him. -Romans 6:8

• “…for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:3

• “I have been crucified with Christ…” Gal. 2:20

Our sins can not and will not be forgiven

UNLESS:

•We have died to sin•We have died with Christ•We have been united with Christ in His death•We have been crucified with Christ•We have been freed from sin

When does this happen?

“What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?” v1-2

“They died to sin.” …. How?/When?

ROMANS 6

died to sin

“Or do you not know that all of us who have been

baptized into Christ Jesus baptized into His death

baptized into Christ Jesus

have been v3

baptized into His death

4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.” (6:4)

Buried WITH Him into death

buried with Him through baptism

into death

Raised into New Life

newness of life

New Life, Born Again2 Corinthians 5:17

John 3:5

United with Him in His

Death

“For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection” (6:5)

and His Resurrectio

n

united with Him

if

“knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with,” (6:6)

Crucified WithHim

crucified with

Himbody of sin might be done away

with

Sin taken away!

“so that we would no longer be slaves to sin, for he who has died is freed

from sin.” (6:6-7)

Freed from sin

freedfrom

sin

• Have you been freed from your sin?

• “why do you delay? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.” -Acts 22:16