June 3 2012 – Audio Sermon on 1 Peter 2:24 by Pastor William Hixson
Christ bore our sins in his body on the tree that we might die to sin and live to righteousness The verse centers substitutionary atonement and the ethical call to live righteously because of Christ’s sacrifice The sermon links doctrine and practice urging transformed living as the fruit of atonement
Some good hymns for 1 Peter 2:24 are When I Survey the Wondrous Cross by Isaac Watts, Christ the Lord Is Risen Today by Charles Wesley and The Old Rugged Cross by George Bennard