Jesus of Nazareth: The Unequaled, Incomparable Christ - Part 6

References:

(1) Dorothy Sayers has said that God underwent 3 great HUMILIATIONS in His effort to rescue the human race. The first was the Incarnation, when He took on the confines of a physical body. The second was the Cross when He suffered the ignominy of public execution. The third humiliation, Sayers suggested, is the church. In an awesome act of SELF-DENIAL, God entrusted His REPUTATION to ordinary people like you and me.

(2) “Vine’s Topical Commentary on Christ” by W. E. Vine with C. F. Hogg.

(3) A popular definition of atonement is the phrase “at-one-ment”; in other words, it is a WAY that humans are made one with God when we formerly were alienated from Him by our sins. Atonement, at one time, simply meant “reconciliation” and could be used of the restoration of a relation between two parties. Over time, it took on a more theological meaning.

(4) His name “Jesus” signifies “Jehovah is salvation.”

(5) The means of accomplishing atonement required the DEATH of the Son of God AND the shedding of His BLOOD.

(6) Jesus’ sacrifice was designed by God.

(7) His death was therefore the FULFILLMENT of God’s PLAN of SALVATION which was the SOLUTION for humanity’s PREDICAMENT.

(8) Christ’s sacrifice was VICARIOUS.

(9) Christ chose death, and in that choice, the consequence was a great boon for His followers.

(10) The New Atheists accuse God of being a MORAL MONSTER or a CHILD ABUSER.

(11) False ideas of the atonement are largely due to WEAK VIEWS both of sin and of the holiness of God.

This is episode 174.