Atonement Research Paper
The title of this week’s lesson gives us a very good question to contemplate here in this classroom today.
Men have contemplated and attempted to give a logical answer to the question of why would God give such a wonderful gift as atonement to humanity when it cost Him so dearly.
Jesus Christ the Son of God made the ultimate and very painful sacrifice for sinful mankind.
Jesus Christ by His death saved you and me and countless other men, women and children from the everlasting flames of hell.
How can we explain Jesus ultimate sacrifice for us?
Men a lot smarter than any of us in this room have a hard time explaining Jesus atonement for sinful man.
One man that we often read about in the Bible who held a very exalted religious position in Jerusalem …show more content…
6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
The author of our lesson tells us there are many theories concerning the subject of atonement.
Of course atonement is the study of how can the death of Jesus Christ save sinners.
The author spoke about his minor studies in seminary concerning the subject of atonement.
Even though the author had received a doctorate degree related to the subject of atonement; he still feels that the mystery of the saving death of Christ is still very difficult to understand.
John 3:13-15 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
Ephesians …show more content…
The answer to that question is no!
Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
When a sinner replaces their sin filled hardened heart with a new heart that’s filled with the love of Jesus Christ; the Holy Spirit will open that persons mind to a new understanding.
A saved person will become convicted of their sins, their shortcomings, their derelictions, their failures and the transgressions that controlled their lives.
The Holy Spirit will press the message of God’s saving grace into a forgiven sinner’s heart.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him—
10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
Is it as hard for you to understand, as it is for me to realize that even a sinner like myself now knows that God has found favor in even someone like me; I have been forgiven of all my
Men have contemplated and attempted to give a logical answer to the question of why would God give such a wonderful gift as atonement to humanity when it cost Him so dearly.
Jesus Christ the Son of God made the ultimate and very painful sacrifice for sinful mankind.
Jesus Christ by His death saved you and me and countless other men, women and children from the everlasting flames of hell.
How can we explain Jesus ultimate sacrifice for us?
Men a lot smarter than any of us in this room have a hard time explaining Jesus atonement for sinful man.
One man that we often read about in the Bible who held a very exalted religious position in Jerusalem …show more content…
6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
The author of our lesson tells us there are many theories concerning the subject of atonement.
Of course atonement is the study of how can the death of Jesus Christ save sinners.
The author spoke about his minor studies in seminary concerning the subject of atonement.
Even though the author had received a doctorate degree related to the subject of atonement; he still feels that the mystery of the saving death of Christ is still very difficult to understand.
John 3:13-15 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
Ephesians …show more content…
The answer to that question is no!
Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
When a sinner replaces their sin filled hardened heart with a new heart that’s filled with the love of Jesus Christ; the Holy Spirit will open that persons mind to a new understanding.
A saved person will become convicted of their sins, their shortcomings, their derelictions, their failures and the transgressions that controlled their lives.
The Holy Spirit will press the message of God’s saving grace into a forgiven sinner’s heart.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him—
10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
Is it as hard for you to understand, as it is for me to realize that even a sinner like myself now knows that God has found favor in even someone like me; I have been forgiven of all my