Christ or Barabbas?

A stark, and astonishing contrast: a guilty rebel set free while the innocent Saviour is condemned. Barabbas goes home, and Jesus took his place on the cross. This is substitutionary atonement: Christ bearing the penalty we deserve so a guilty sinner can be set free. The crowd's cry echoes in every heart. Do you have a substitute to take the punishment for your sin? Be humbled before the One who died in the place of hell-deserving sinners.