FOUNDATIONS Review: God is ___________ persons; Each one is fully God; There is only ______ God. The Father _____________; The Son accomplishes; The Spirit ____________. God the Son (Jesus) is one person with two natures: ____________ and divine. Chapter 15 : The Atonement of Christ HIS OBEDIENCE kappuret: Hebrew word for ___________ ___________. The blood of an animal was not sufficient to ____________ from sin, but only to __________ the wrath of God and point to a better sacrifice. Our forgiveness (salvation) is the result of God’s _________ meeting the demands of his ____________ in the sacrifice of his son. It was not necessary for God to save any of us. But his _____________ to save required atonement. Right Standing Before God requires that: 1) My record is ___________ of wrongdoing; 2) ________________ is applied to my record. HIS SUFFERING His Suffering in Life “He was a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief…” Isaiah 53:3 His Suffering at the Cross “for the joy set before Him” Hebrews 12:2 Suffering By Bearing Sin Jesus did not become sinful, but the guilt of our sin was _____________ to him. Suffering in Forsakenness “My God my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 [sense of forsakenness] The cry of Jesus was about _____________ not desertion.
If there is only one God, then one member of the Trinity cannot desert or __________ another. Suffering in Bearing the Wrath of God God’s wrath indicates his intense _________and ______________ against sin. hilasterion: Greek for mercy seat; where the blood was applied on the Day of Atonement “merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement [hilasterion] for the sins of the people.” Hebrews 2:17 Jesus is the _________ who performs the atonement sacrifice, He is ____________ the atonement sacrifice, and he is the _________ where the sacrifice is offered. The Process of Salvation justification: saved from the ___________ of sin; sanctification: saved from the ____________ of sin; glorification: saved from the ____________ of sin The most devastating result of sin is that it ________________ us from God. Sin brings separation, but it also brings ________________.
“When He shall come with trumpet sound, oh may I then in Him be found. Dressed in HIS righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand.”