ATONEMENT

“Atoning Sacrifice”

Romans 3:25

(Vs 25 ) God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his

blood. He did this to demonstrate his

justice, because in his forbearance he

had left the sins committed

beforehand unpunished.”

Hebrews 2:17

(Vs 17) For this reason he had to be

made like his brothers in every

way, in order that he might

become a merciful and faithful

high priest in service to God, and

that he might make atonement

for the sins of the people.

1 John 2:2

(Vs 2) He is the atoning sacrifice for our

sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 4:10

(Vs 10)This is love: not that we loved God,

but that he loved us and sent his Son

as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

“Atonement”

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:

to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of :

appease, conciliate....something that

propitiates; specifically : an atoning

sacrifice synonymy see pacify

“Atonement”

William Barclay’s Summary:

(1) Of Man – means to placate or pacify

someone injured or offended.

(2) Of God – means to forgive; that God

Himself provides the means of forgiveness.

(3) Combination of the Two – some deed by which God is not so much pacified as man is “disinfected” from the guilt of sin.

“Atonement”

William Barclay:

When John says that Jesus is the hilasmos for

our sins, he is, we think, bringing all these

different senses into one. Jesus is the person

through whom guilt for past sin and

defilement from present sin are removed. The

great basic truth behind this word is that it is

through Jesus Christ that man’s fellowship with God is first restored and then maintained. --The letters of John and Jude.

The Need For Atonement

n The Wrath Of God Is Real

Hebrews 10:31

“ It is a dreadful thing to

fall into the hands of the living God”

Hebrews 12:29

for our "God is a consuming fire."

2 Thessalonians 1:9

“They will be punished with everlasting

destruction and shut out from the presence of

the Lord and from the majesty of his power.”

The Need For Atonement

§ The Horrible Nature Of Sin Revealed

2 Corinthians 5:21

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for

us, so that in him we might become the

righteousness of God”.

The Need For Atonement

n The Horrible Nature Of Sin Revealed

n Jim McGuiggan, Commentary on Romans, pp. 133-134: "But sin could not be seen to be sin until the cross. That is, it's only at the cross that the depth of sin's depravity is made clear. God's view of sin wasn't understood at its deeper level until the cross. Our view of sin could not get to a deeper level until we saw GOD on the cross being abused by sin. Satisfaction for sin is found in Christ, among other reasons, because only in him can sin be really known and so repented of. And if

The Need For Atonement

n The Horrible Nature Of Sin Revealed

Christ is merely a man, then sin's crime here at the cross was to slay a fine man, the finest man; but only a man. But Christ was God manifest in flesh and the crime committed by 'ordinary' sins was a crime against God himself. Satisfaction is found only in Christ because we have in Christ's death God's word against sin and our unholy work of sin. The death of Christ enables God to set aside his judicial wrath against us without setting holiness aside or making light of his law.”

Looking At The Passages

1. Emphasizing God’s Righteousness

Romans 3:25

“God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished”

Looking At The Passages

1. Emphasizing God’s Righteousness

God Had Been “Passing Over” Sin

Leviticus 4:26 “He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In

this way the priest will make atonement for the man's sin, and he will be forgiven.”

Leviticus 4:31 “He shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.”

Looking At The Passages

1. Emphasizing God’s Righteousness

God Had Been “Passing Over” Sin

Leviticus 4:35

“He shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is

removed from the lamb of the fellowship

offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar

on top of the offerings made to the LORD by fire.

In this way the priest will make atonement for

him for the sin he has committed, and he will be

forgiven.”

Leviticus 6:7

“In this way the priest will make

atonement for him before the LORD, and

he will be forgiven for any of these things

he did that made him guilty."

Looking At The Passage

1.Emphasizing God’s Righteousness

-- How Could God Thus Forgive – And Still

Be Righteous?

Romans 3:25

“God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.”

Looking At The Passages

2. Tells Of Christ’s Priesthood

Hebrews 2:17

“For this reason he had to be made like his

brothers in every way, in order that he

might become a merciful and faithful

high priest in service to God, and that he

might make atonement for the sins of the

people.”

Looking At The Passages

2. Tells Of Christ’s Priesthood

- O.T. Priest Offered Animal Blood

Hebrews 9:7

“But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.”

Looking At The Passages

2. Tells Of Christ’s Priesthood

-- Christ Offered His Own Blood

Hebrews 9:12

“He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.”

Looking At The Passages

3. Stresses Extent Of His Advocacy

1 John 2:1-2

(Vs 1) “ My dear children, I write this to you so

that you will not sin. But if anybody

does sin, we have one who speaks to the

Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the

Righteous One.

(Vs 2) He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,

and not only for ours but also for the sins

of the whole world.”

Looking At The Passages

3. Stresses Extent Of His Advocacy

Advocate – The word “advocate” is paraklētos (παρακλητος), “one called to your side,” so, in a forensic sense “one who undertakes and champions your cause. Moulton and Milligan define; “a friend of the accused person, called to speak to his character, or otherwise enlist the sympathy of the judges.” Wuest's word studies from the Greek New Testament

Looking At The Passages

3. Stresses Extent Of His Advocacy

1 John 2:1-2

(Vs 1) “My dear children, I write this to you

so that you will not sin. But if

anybody does sin, we have one who

speaks to the Father in our defense

Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

(Vs 2) He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for sins of the

whole world.”

Looking At The Passages

4. Shows Kind Of Love We Must Have

1 John 4:7-10

(Vs 7) “Dear friends, let us love one another,

for love comes from God. Everyone

who loves has been born of God and

knows God.

(Vs 8) Whoever does not love does not know

God, because God is love.”

(Vs 9) This is how God showed his love among

us: He sent his one and only Son into the

world that we might live through him.

(Vs10) This is love: not that we loved God, but

that he loved us and sent his Son as an

atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Looking At The Passages

4. Shows Kind Of Love We Must Have

-- Not A “Reciprocal Love”

--“I Love You Because You Love Me.”

-- Not A “Conditional Love”

--“I’ll Love You Only IF You Love Me.”

-- But A Sacrificial Love That Precedes Our Love!

..not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atonement for our sins.

By Studying The Passages

We Have Learned --

1. About God’s Righteousness

2. About Christ’s Priesthood

3. About The Extent Of His Advocacy

4. About Kind Of Love We Must Have