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Only One Atonement

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by asterisktom, Sep 11, 2024.

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  1. asterisktom

    asterisktom Well-Known Member
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    There is only one Atonement in the New Testament. That is why I almost always capitalize it. Like the Creation, the Fall, the Incarnation, and the Parousia. Other terms have two or more shades of meaning, like salvation and forgiveness. Even redemption has two shades of meaning in the New Testament. Contrast the two uses of the term in Eph. 1:7 and Luke 21:28. The first verse is of a redemption already possessed by those Ephesians, the second of one that still awaited the saints at the Parousia.

    But the Atonement happened at one point in time, not drawn out nor repeated nor finalized by some later action. Any attempt modify this pivotal, unique event with phrases like "complete atonement", or "full atonement", etc. takes away from the power of the message of the Gospel. It fatally compromises both the purpose and the power of the Cross.

    Even though, depending on the version used, the word "Atonement" occurs only once in the New Testament, Romans 5:11, it is also presented under different terms like"justification", "propitiation", and "reconciliation".

    A question comes up then. Why is "atonement" used over a hundred times in the Old Testament and only once in the New? This points to a very important truth: The Hebrew term on which it was based, KAPHAR ("to cover", "to put away"), was no longer adequate to describe Christ's saving accomplishment at Calvary. Sin was no longer covered (still present, but hidden). It was uncovered by the Holy Spirit and then destroyed by the precious blood of the Son of God. It was no longer put away (where someone, somehow, might find it). It was put out of existence, Christ having become all of that sin for us, 2 Cor. 5:21.

    This is the Atonement. The foundation of the Gospel and "the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints", Jude 1:3. It was a complete accomplishment when Christ died at the Cross. Don't let anyone mislead you with spurious expositions, drawing out for decades what was accomplished fully at Calvary. Don’t let anyone water down - to the point of uselessness – our precious Atonement.
     
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    The atonement refers to receiving the reconciliation provided by Christ's sacrifice. It does not refer to Christ's sacrifice providing the means of reconciliation. False teachers conflate the two.

    To be reconciled to God from our unholy sinful state, separated from God requires not only that we change our location from being in Adam, in the realm of darkness, not within Christ, to being transferred spiritually into Christ, undergoing the washing of regeneration where we are made holy and blameless, thus having the righteousness of God. Thus to be reconciled means we have been both transferred and transformed!!!
     
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    The death of Christ pays for all the sins of all people. But not one individual has his own account settled until he believes. If he never believes, then even though the price has been fully paid, his sins will not be forgiven.
     
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    A hymn written by Augustus Toplady. (in 8.8.6 meter)

    Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

    Psalms 116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

    1. From whence this fear and unbelief?
    Hast thou, O Father, put to grief
    Thy spotless Son for me?
    And will the righteous Judge of men
    Condemn me for that debt of sin
    Which, Lord, was charged on Thee?

    2. Complete atonement Thou hast made,
    And to the utmost farthing paid
    Whate'er Thy people owed:
    How then can wrath on me take place,
    If shelter'd in Thy righteousness,
    And sprinkled with Thy blood?

    3. If Thou hast my discharge procured,
    And freely in my room endured
    The whole of wrath divine,
    Payment God cannot twice demand,
    First at my bleeding Surety's hand,
    And then again at mine.

    4. Turn, then, my soul, unto thy rest;
    The merits of thy great High Priest
    Speak peace and liberty:
    Trust in His efficacious blood,
    Nor fear thy banishment from God,
    Since Jesus died for thee.
     
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