atonement

There is much confusion on this board about the clear witness of Scripture and Theological tradition to the fact that Satan murdered Jesus on the cross. Yes, Jesus' death was ordained by God. God is sovereign, and can ordain events in which sins and injustices take place without himself being...

In Matthew 12, Jesus makes a remarkable statement about his death and resurrection: Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign; and so no sign will be given...

The offering of Isaac is one of the most widely misunderstood and mis-preached stories in the Bible, which is frustrating, because the book of Hebrews tells us exactly what is going on. Perhaps most notably, Soren Kierkegaard interpreted this story to mean that true faith is a “teleological...

Let's start with what God says to Moses in Exodus 4:22 - Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn. So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’ This is a...

We are not going to preach the cross better than the Apostles did. But if we use the template for preaching that they used, we find a very clear pattern that is remarkably different than the dominant way the cross is preached today. How did the Apostles preach the cross? Let’s look at two...

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not...

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not...

Not all perspectives on penal substitution are the same. Penal substitution advocates have disagreements within themselves, mainly on 2 main points: (1) To what degree did Jesus actually become sinful, or become a sinner on the cross? and (2) Was the Father really angry or wrathful towards the...

“Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being upon Him, And by His scourging we are...

Consider this silly thought experiment. You are out for a morning walk with your dog. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the air is crisp, it’s a great way to start the day. You come to your favorite part of your route, a trail that goes through some woods. Shortly after entering the...

Genesis 3:22-24 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the...

But now apart from the Law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets: that is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God...

1) The Problem/Solution Narrative: According to penal substitution, the central problem with humanity is that we deserve wrath, and the central solution is that we avoid it because Jesus suffers this wrath in our place. Problem: deserving wrath / Solution: avoiding wrath But in the Bible, sin...

The three views on Christ's payment for the sins of His sheep.

The Biblical atonement of the redemption is not universalism. But is both a general redemption and the particular redemption where Christ secures the salvation of everyone the Father gives to Christ.

I have seen it argued in other places that Jesus died for all including Judas. To support this theory they have used the scenes of the Last Supper. Typically they point to Luke 22:19-20 and point out that Jesus says, “This is my body which is broken for you” (emphasis mine). They point out the...