IT DOESN’T SEEM FAIR
Now it was the governor's custom at the Feast to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16 At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to relea
  • BARABBAS DESERVED TO _______.
    • JESUS DESERVED TO __________.
      "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor. "Barabbas," they answered. 22 "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!"
      GOD’S PERSPECTIVE ON US
      • WE’RE NOT ___________.
        "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
        "There is no one righteous, not even one…12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."
        • WE DESERVE _______________________.
          For the wages of sin is death…
          For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
          • GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO _________ PEOPLE.
            Then (Pilate) released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
            (God) does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities…as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 103:10-12, Matthew 27:15-17, Matthew 27:21-22, Matthew 27:26, Mark 2:17, Romans 6:23, Romans 6:23 and Romans 31:12