The Cost to Save
Life in His Name
February 15, 2026
Rev. Dr. Gabe Sylvia
Using the Nuremberg trial as a contrast, the sermon teaches that sinners deserved full embodied punishment but Jesus took those wounds and was made sin—denied both human and divine justice—so that believers receive mercy and are called to trust, partake in the Lord's Supper, and pray.
Summary
The preacher begins with the Nuremberg trials analogy to show how guilty we are, then calls us to contemplate the physical and legal suffering Jesus endured on our behalf: every strike, wound, insult, scourging and the cross. The cost of sin is portrayed not merely as death but as embodied punishment and exclusion from divine mercy; Jesus, though innocent of any law, wrapped himself in our sin and was denied both Roman and divine justice. The good news is that believers receive what we could not earn—access to God’s mercy—so we are urged to remember this in the Lord's Supper, trust in Christ for salvation, and pray.
Key Points
- Starts with the Nuremberg trial analogy (Goering) to highlight human guilt
- Calls us to contemplate Jesus’ physical punishment: every wound, mockery, scourging, and crucifixion
- Emphasizes that the cost of sin is embodied punishment, not merely the death of the soul
- Jesus was made sin for us—he took on our guilt and was therefore denied release or justice
- He was refused both Roman and divine justice, showing no sinner can access God’s mercy on their own
- Believers receive unearned mercy through Christ’s substitutionary suffering
- Practical application: remember this at the Lord’s Supper, trust in Jesus for salvation, and take time to pray
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