In the midst of discussions concerning the times believers live and the conduct of believers, Paul writes:
Peter also wrote concerning the conduct and times of believers:
When teaching the vicarious atonement, one must include that Christ died, not as a martyr, not as a prophet, not as a criminal guilty of sin, but as the atoning sacrifice so that we who believe do not suffer the wrath of God.
John, who lived longer then any apostle and no doubt most likely read copies of all their writings, condenses the vicarious atonement in a letter which he writes:
God caused Paul to write:
The vicarious atonement cannot be replaced nor removed from the central core of the Christianity.
For as it states in Hebrews 9:
When one takes the vicarious atonement as is presented in Scripture, then the foolishness, found in the human schemes of atonement and flimsy presentation of the false belief in the fake modern humanistic messengers, is displayed.
As the Scriptures state of our Lord upon the cross:
9 For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. (1 Thessalonians 5
Peter also wrote concerning the conduct and times of believers:
18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit, 19in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.
In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. 21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. (1 Peter 3)
When teaching the vicarious atonement, one must include that Christ died, not as a martyr, not as a prophet, not as a criminal guilty of sin, but as the atoning sacrifice so that we who believe do not suffer the wrath of God.
John, who lived longer then any apostle and no doubt most likely read copies of all their writings, condenses the vicarious atonement in a letter which he writes:
1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you might not sin. And if anyone should sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One. 2And He is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world. (1 John)
Without the vicarious atonement, there is no salvation and humankind has no peace with God. The angels saying “peace on earth, good will toward men” is void of meaning.
God caused Paul to write:
6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
9Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! 10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! 11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Romans 5)
The vicarious atonement cannot be replaced nor removed from the central core of the Christianity.
For as it states in Hebrews 9:
8By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. 9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. 10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
11But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. 12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Some look upon the earthly sacrifice of the Lord as the provision, but this of Hebrews declares that which was on earth is a mere copy of the Archetype found in heaven, and it is in heaven that the sacrifice was presented once and for all and why the veil of the earthly tabernacle was torn from top to bottom. 13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
When one takes the vicarious atonement as is presented in Scripture, then the foolishness, found in the human schemes of atonement and flimsy presentation of the false belief in the fake modern humanistic messengers, is displayed.
As the Scriptures state of our Lord upon the cross:
15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.