Jesus - Our substitute and Example

Aug 16, 2026    Pastor John Carter

In this message, Pastor John Carter uses the image of an Arctic icebreaker to explain the dual role of Christ's suffering: substitutionary (what Jesus did for us, which we cannot do) and exemplary (what Jesus did before us, which we are called to trace). He outlines four marks of Christ's exemplary suffering — no sin, no deceit, no reviling in return, no threatening — and closes with the substitutionary work of the cross, tying it to Isaiah 53 and 2 Corinthians 5:21.