It's a reference to Greek mythology: after Agamemnon killed a deer belonging to Artemis, the goddess made
him atone by sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia.
Not exact matches
This is why Jesus died, to provide the
atoning sacrifice through His blood, so that people who are under the wrath of God might find forgiveness and justification, not
by their works, but
by faith.
To be sure, we have an expanded canon of Scripture, but nothing within the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, or Pearl of Great Price contradicts what is taught in the Bible regarding the virgin birth (which,
by the way, we definitely believe in), teachings, miracles,
atoning sacrifice, or bodily resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus did effect our redemption
by means of His
atoning sacrifice on the Cross.
Those persuaded that Paul did not think that God offered Jesus as an
atoning sacrifice could simply shorten their list of models suggested
by Paul about the way Jesus» death has functioned redemptively.
Based on our common study of the Bible, we were able to agree that the work of redemption has been accomplished (a word which means done, completed)
by Christ's
atoning sacrifice on the cross.
James, you're not correct, reason being: When you truly believe in Christ's
atoning sacrifice and trust in him, you're sealed with the Holy Spirit and you are guaranteed your inheritance (Ephesians 1:13) That causes you to respond to Christ's love
by loving him in return and have the desire to follow him out of gratitude.
It is
by atoning sacrifice of God's Son, who took upon himself the body of flesh, to become one of us, that HE may become the
sacrifice for our sins, and that whoever takes refuge in Him, will not stand before God in his / her own righteousness, but in Christ Righteousness.
Their extensive weeping for his
sacrifice and their prayers to obtain its
atoning benefits have been compared to the rituals
by which Christians mark Good Friday.
Only through substitutionary atonement can you have both justice AND grace simultaneously: justice because the sins of the world were
atoned for
by Christ (that was the WHOLE symbolic point of the OT
sacrifice system!!)