The theories of the Atonement so far mentioned are all sometimes called «objective», which is to say that Jesus»
death on the cross made an objective factual difference to sin and to human beings» relationship to God.
Paul is the apostle of the crucifixion, teaching us that our salvation rests on the atonement, that Christ by
his death on the cross made restitution for the sins of the whole world.
Not exact matches
God has already
made us into one humanity that is completely reconciled through the
death of his son
on the
cross.
This is one reason why Jesus was able to offer forgiveness of sins to people who had not yet
made the «Temple - suggested sacrifice» and He was offering this forgiveness chronologically prior to His
death on the
cross.
What we claim is that the person of Jesus of Nazareth survived the
death of his body
on the
cross and
made himself known to some of his disciples.
It is sin that
makes us feel separated from God, and this is the feeling Jesus expressed
on the
cross, and is one reason Jesus went to the
cross — to take our sin and bear it away into
death so that we can see that God has not left us, has not abandoned us, and has not forsaken us, but has fully entered into our pain, our suffering, and even into our sin, so that He might show us how much He loves and cares for us.
I may agree with you there to some degree, but I do think 1 Cor 15
makes a definite distinction), as the means of Justification salvation (I would quantify belief here, as the agreement of the fact of Jesus
death for ones own personal sins (Understanding one is a sinner and needs a savior)
on the
cross, That he was buried, and was raised to life
on the third day).
This helps
make sense of verse 8 as well, so that rather than it saying that Jesus» ultimate humiliation was «even
death on a
cross» (NAS), the text should read «especially
death on a
cross.»
It is
on the
cross, Paul says, that Jesus disarmed the principalities and powers and
made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them through His
death (Col 2:14 - 15).
«In your relationships with one another,» he explains, «have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had: Who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but
made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant he humbled himself and became obedient to
death — even
death on a
cross!»
and everything
on earth, when He
made peace by His
death on the
cross.»
... God put selfishness in its place when He lived as a man, was sentanced to
death as a man, was beated ruthlessly by horror loving men as a man, all to
make sure that they put Him
on the
cross, as a man, by which He died there as a man.
(but even if it didn't that should be obvious) Therefore Gods groundwork for the spectacular future that God has in store for us is built upon love and the way to create that love is for God to forgive us and grant us eternal life which is
made available to us by the grace of Jesus Christ and the
death he took for us all
on the
cross.
This led me off
on a wild rabbit trail of trying to
make sense of all the violence of God in the Bible in light of the
death of Jesus
on the
cross.
What
makes Christ's action
on Calvary a sacrifice for St Thomas are the things done to him: the cruel abuse of his body leading to his
death on the
cross.
Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams argues that «[a] llowing life or
death decisions
on the battlefield to be
made by machines
crosses a fundamental moral line and represents an unacceptable application of technology.»
My Lord What shall I sing Him for now A song full of praise From a mouth full of doubt I lift up my face And I sing out loud With all my mistakes I still
make Him proud He paid it all for me Carried that
cross for you
On that rugged walk, He knew What He had to do Opened His arms up wide Invited the world inside One final breath He conquered
death For me and for you.