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I. CHRIST WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENCES.

1. Whom was He delivered by?

(1)  God (Acts 2:23).

(2)  Judas.

2. What to?

(1)  To shame (Isaiah 53:3).

(2)  To pain (Isaiah 53:4-5).

(3)  To death (Galatians 3:13).

3. What for? "Our offences."(1) All men are guilty (Psalm 14:3; Galatians 3:22).

(2) This guilt cannot be taken away but by satisfying God's justice (Hebrews 9:22).

(3) No creature can satisfy it (Psalm 49:7, 8).

(4) Hence Christ undertook it (1 Timothy 2:5).

(5) Neither could He do it but by suffering (Hebrews 9:22; Matthew 15:28; 1 Timothy 2:6).

(6) No suffering would serve the turn but death, and that on the Cross.

(7) By His death He hath satisfied for our offences (1 John 2:2; Romans 3:25: Revelation 1:5).

(8) Hence our sins came to be pardoned; and so, He being delivered for us, we are delivered from our offences —

(a)  As to their guilt (Matthew 1:21).

(b)  As to their strength (Acts 3:26).

III. HE WAS RAISED AGAIN FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION.

1. How raised again? From death by God (Acts 2:23, 24; Matthew 28:13-15; Luke 24:4-6).

(1)  He was a real man.

(2)  He really died (Matthew 27:50).

(3)  He really rose again (Luke 24:37-40; John 20:27).

2. What is justification? A forensic term opposed to accusation (chap. Romans 8:33).

(1)  Man hath sinned (Romans 3:23).

(2)  This he is accused for by —

(a)  God's justice.

(b)  The law.

(c)  Satan.

(d)  Conscience (Romans 2:15; 1 John 3:20).

(3) Christ hath borne our punishment (Isaiah 53:6).

(4)  He hath also performed obedience for us.

(5)  This His righteousness is imputed to us (2 Corinthians 5:21).

(6)  By this we are cleared from the charge brought against us.

(7)  This is my justification.

3. In what sense did Christ rise for our justification, or what dependence hath our justification on Christ's resurrection?

(1)  Christ undertook to satisfy God's justice for us.

(2)  This He could not do but by suffering death.

(3)  So long as dead, He had not done this (1 Corinthians 15:14).

(4)  His rising again argued death conquered, and justice satisfied (Acts 2:24).

4. Therefore being risen He cleanses us from our sins and so justifies us.Conclusion:

1. Was Christ delivered? Then —

(1)  Admire the mercy of God in delivering His Son for us.

(2)  Be mindful of Him.

2. Is Christ risen? Then —

(1)  We shall rise (1 Corinthians 15:12).

(2)  Let us mind the things where He is (Colossians 3:1).

3. Did He rise for our justification? Then believe on Him that you may be justified (Romans 5:1).

(1)  In the merits of His death.

(2)  The truth of His resurrection.

(3)  The constancy of His intercession.

(Bp. Beveridge.)

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KJV: Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

WEB: Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,