At Golgotha human sin is seen as utterly sinful. God did not require the death of Jesus — but we did! The cross is about the revelation of a merciful God. At the cross we discover a God who would rather die than kill his enemies.
The cross is where God in Christ absorbs sin and recycles it into forgiveness. The cross is not what God inflicts upon Christ in order to forgive. The cross is what God endures in Christ as he forgives. Once we understand this, we know what we are seeing when we look at the cross: We are seeing the lengths to which a God of love will go in forgiving sin.
The cross is both ugly and beautiful. But in the end, love and beauty win. On April 16, by Brian Zahnd. This question can be taken in two different ways.
One might already have in mind a clear In order to answer the question, "Do animals have souls? But, to give Search for:. Did Jesus die for all sins? Connect with D. I allow to create an account. When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings.
We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account. Disagree Agree. Notify of. Inline Feedbacks. The main reason most people deny that Jesus died only for his own is that they deny the biblical doctrine of election. Did Jesus die only to make it possible for sinners to be saved if they believe on him? If that were the case then it would be conceivable for God's Son to die in vain, with no one believing and no one being saved.
It is an effectual atonement that actually saves all who benefit from it. The Bible does not allow us to isolate the cross from the complete salvation it provides. Fourth, if Jesus made atonement for those who do not believe and are condemned, then God has unjustly punished sin twice, once on the cross and again in the damnation of sinners who do not believe.
Getting back to the original question, how does this teaching effect our evangelism? I believe it does not hamper our evangelism, although it does discipline it—and most of us could use some discipline in our witness. It says that people are saved only by believing on Jesus Christ. Therefore we should be eager to tell people that Jesus died to save sinners, adding that if they want to know that he died for their own sins they must repent and believe.
Meanwhile, this teaching gives the greatest comfort to the fearful believer. It says to every Christian that Jesus died not merely to give you a chance to save yourself if your faith is good enough, but to actually and effectually save you. Though believing, we rest not on our faith but on his finished work, and there we find comfort for our souls.
Warfield, The Savior of the World, chapter 3.
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