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On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross\nThe emblem of suffring and shame\nAnd I love that old cross where the dearest and best\nFor a world of lost sinners was slain.\n\nSo I\u2019ll cherish the old rugged cross\nTill my trophies at last I lay down\nI will cling to the old rugged cross\nAnd exchange it some day for a crown.\n\nSermon Point #1 - Atonement - To cover over someone\u2019s debt\n\nSermon Point #2 - God\u2019s love and grace is evident throughout Scripture\n\nSermon Point #3 - God made a way for us to not have to pay for our own sins\n\nLeviticus 17:11 - NLT - for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.\n\nSermon Point #4 - Jesus was the perfect sacrifice to atone for our sins \n\n1 John 2:2 - NLT - He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins\u2014and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.\n\n1 Peter 2:24 - \u201cHe himself bore our sins\u201d in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; \u201cby his wounds you have been healed.\u201d\n\n2 Corinthians 5:21 - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.\n\nHebrews 9:12 - With his own blood\u2014not the blood of goats and calves\u2014he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.