He came, it says, to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself, and he did it.

He bore our sins in his own body.

He condemned sin in the flesh.

He defeated Satan with a blow to the head.

He finished perfectly what God gave him to do, and that's the way we must live.

We must be more concerned with the work God's called us to do, then the pain the work takes us through.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. To the strongest,

to those were the last words of Alexander the Great, his orders

for selecting a general to take his place. Don't give up the ship. That's U.S. Navy Captain James

Lawrence, who gave that charge to his men just before he died, and it became an American rallying

point in the war of 1812.

It's clear a leader's last words matter.

They tell their followers what to do, how to live, after they're gone.

Well, what last words could be more significant than those of the King of Kings at Calvary?

How should Jesus' words before dying

change the way you live? Find out now on this Good Friday edition of Grace to You in John

MacArthur's lesson titled Jesus' Death shows us how to live. I want to invite you to turn in your

Bible to 1 Peter chapter 2. I want to call

your attention to one verse, verse 21. And then I want to speak to you on the subject, Jesus' death

shows us how to live. In 1 Peter chapter 2 and verse 21, we read this, for you have been called for this purpose,

since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in his steps. There is little question in anyone's mind that the life of Christ

is an example. But I dare say most people would not assume that the death of Christ is an example.

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