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In this episode of The Tent Making Christianity QCQ Podcast, the team answers the question "Was Substitutionary Atonement Invented In The Middle Ages?". 

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Christians often say, “Jesus paid the penalty for my sin”.   But we will be hard pressed to find that declaration in the Bible. Is such a declaration biblical, or does it stem from the traditions of men?   In this episode Kevin George, author of Atonement and Reconciliation: A Search for the Original Meaning, Contrasted with Penal Substitutionary Atonement, explains what Penal Substitution Atonement is and then some of the problems with Penal Substitutionary Atonement.   https://www.amazon.com/Atonement-Reconciliation-contrasted-Substitutionary-Atonement/dp/B0CHDKFWCC   George explains how the focus of atonement is a restored relationship between God and humans based on a covenant made by God through Jesus, not on a legal substitutionary payment. The covenant is a blood covenant (proving loyalty to death) for the release of sins, not a “blood payment”.   If salvation is a gift of God, why did Jesus or anyone else have to pay for it?  Did God clear the guilty by accepting a payment from someone else? Is that a bribe?   One God Report Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1fJjk0QUhsyr8r9hVCgoFk   Bill Schlegel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1   Bill Schlegel blog: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onegodreport-podcast/support

In this episode of The Tent Making Christianity QCQ Podcast, the team answers the question "Was Substitutionary Atonement invented in the middle ages?".  

Sermons from 1 Peter

1.      The claim is non-biblical, philosophical speculation.  This claim is not something argued or presented in the Bible. 2.      The Bible says exactly the opposite. The Bible says that Jesus had to be a man, a human being, not just a human nature, to bring about God's plan of redemption for humanity. God was at work in and through the man Jesus of Nazareth. Who the man Jesus was and is, and what he did, was necessary, sufficient and acceptable to God. Problems: The claim that Jesus had to be God to atone for sins is not only non-biblical, but it also leads to other, non-biblical, philosophical dead ends. What deity of Christ folks are claiming is a penal substitution theory of atonement: somebody, or something else, a substitute, had to bear the penalty for my sin.   And that penalty is death. The claim is that instead of me, somebody else had to die for my sin. My sin is worthy of death, so, unless someone pays the death penalty, I will die. If someone else pays the penalty, then I don't have to die. My sin is worthy of death, so that's why a death is required for justice. Someone had to pay the death penalty – so instead of me, Jesus, who had to be God, paid that death penalty.   Now again, this is not a biblical claim. It is man's philosophical speculation. And, I think that we can see that the Bible says something quite the opposite.   But even from a human or philosophical aspect, I think most people, if we think about it a little bit, can see the serious, non-biblical, theological, philosophical dead ends and inconsistencies with the claim.   Let's say I murder someone. The biblical penalty for murder is death. I deserve death. I've been convicted in a court of law by jurors and a judge and sentenced to death. But my friend, Mike, right as the judge is about to strike the gavel down and send me off to execution, Mike stands up in the courtroom and shouts “Wait! Stop!”.  I'll pay the penalty for Bill. Kill me instead!”   So, the judge says, “OK, the penalty for this crime is death. If you are willing to pay the penalty, come on over here. Executioners, take the handcuffs off Bill and put them on Mike. Mike, off to the electric chair. Bill, you are free to go!”  And everyone in the courtroom nods their head in agreement. That's fair. The penalty was paid. The judge kept the ancient laws of justice.    Nope. People realize such a tactic is perversion of justice, not a maintenance of justice.   For the “Jesus must be God to pay for sin” folks there is another step in their philosophical, non-biblical speculation. They start thinking: well, maybe one person could give his life to pay the penalty for another (even though they know that biblically – “the person who sins, he shall die” Eze. 18:20, even a father can't be penalized for the iniquity of his son). But our situation is not just one person for one person. The deity of Christ philosopher thinks, “Whoa, to pay the penalty for all sinners, for millions and billions of sinners, Jesus would have to be eternal God to be enough to do that”.   God died (again, in direct contradiction to the Scriptures). In the Bible God is immortal and does not die. Well, not all of God died. Only one person of God died. So God did but God did not die.   “And death is only the separation of the soul from the body. One person of God, or the soul/spirit of that one person, had taken on a human nature. So the spirit didn't die, just the human nature.”   Some comments: 1.      A person-less human nature (whatever that is) was enough to redeem all the multitude, millions, billion from their sin?   Resources: Jesus had to be a “Mere” Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQXFuOXBaA   "Jesus had to be God to atone for our sins." Really? Got a Scripture for that? https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2019/01/jesus-had-to-be-god-to-atone-for-our.html   Book: Atonement and Reconciliation: https://www.amazon.com/Atonement-Reconciliation-contrasted-Substitutionary-Atonement/dp/B0CHDKFWCC --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onegodreport-podcast/support

"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Romans 8:3-4

Now, you see, Matthew, Mark and Luke had different purposes. Theirs was not so directly to present Christ as God and thus they include the agony in the garden where we see Him breaking down from the sin and the anticipation. They include the anguish and the sorrow and the crying and the sweating, as it were, great drops of blood. And they include all those things that make Jesus so humiliated. They include the things that humiliate Jesus and make Him suffer. And they make much of that because that's important. But John's purpose is to present deity so you don't find the anguish in the garden, you don't find the crying in the garden, you don't find the sweating and the great drops of blood, you don't find anything degrading or debasing or humiliating at all in John's gospel. In fact, it's just the opposite. Everything that goes on at the arrest of Jesus as John points it out glorifies Christ. Jesus Christ is in control of the context and the setting of all the events that are going to transpire and it ought to be a source of great comfort for us to be reminded that God is in control, but we seem to want to step in in the middle of all kinds of things and say "Now wait shouldn't we do it this way? Shouldn't it happen this way?" We don't like surrendering control to anyone, even the God of the universe, right?  And when things seem so clear, Peter's a good illustration of it, he's going to protect and prevent his Lord from being arrested. How often we go off halfcocked. We just run into a situation. Ready, fire, aim. There's a great tendency for all of us to try and control things and sometimes we just need to take a pause and step back and say, "What does the Sovereign have going on here and how do I respond?"  The arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane is one of those events that if any of us had been there we would have thought, "Oh my, things got terribly out of control." It is interesting to note that the arrest took place in a garden. Christ, the Last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45), met the enemy in a garden and triumphed, while the first Adam met the enemy in a garden and failed. Adam hid himself, but Christ openly revealed Himself. [i] 1 ¶ When Jesus had spoken these words; He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. 2Sa 15:23; Mt 26:36; Mr 14:32; Lu 22:39 The Kidron Valley formed the eastern boundary of Jerusalem. The Kidron was also a wadi or dry streambed that contained water only when it rained hard. The Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane lay across the Kidron to the east. The parallels between Jesus' experiences and David's at this point are striking. Both men crossed the Kidron having been rejected by their nation and betrayed by someone very close to them, and hangings followed both incidents Another thing you don't find the text, but it's fairly good evidence that during Passover they're going to slaughter 200,000 plus lambs. That's a lot of butchering and in antiquity, to deal with the blood there was one way in the Temple complex, but as they got more and more in production, they believe they actually dealt a ditch or a slew that went from the base of the Temple area into the Kidron. So we can't be sure of this, but there's a pretty good indication that when they're crossing that's a muddy, bloody river bottom. And they go up then to, John says, the garden. There was a garden.  2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples. Lu 21:37; 22:39 Judas the betrayer is reintroduced to us in this text. Eight times you'll find him mentioned in the Gospel of John. Eight times you'll find the word betrayer. Six times it's attached to the word Judas. The other two times it's implied. He is known as the one, the son of perdition, who betrays his friend and he's brought back into the storyline.  3 Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Mt 26:47; Mr 14:43; Lu 22:47; Ac 1:16 Only John mentioned the presence of Roman soldiers. They carried lanterns and torches to find Jesus. Apparently they thought He might try to hide. They also had weapons to restrain anyone who might oppose their plan to arrest Jesus. Judas served as their guide. He had no authority over them. John alone mentions the torches, the lanterns and the swords, so if you get this valley in mind, this picture in mind, and Passover always took place when the moon was full, and let's just say there are two hundred carrying torches. It would be a pretty eerie parade from the fortress of Antonio, around the city, across the Kidron Valley, into the garden. And you could probably see those torches coming a long way from the garden side of that ravine. I think the irony is touching that they're bringing torches and lanterns at night to apprehend the Light of the World. Why so many? Well, you got the crowds and you got the press of, "Messiah could be coming." Probably more importantly though, back in John if you remember, they didn't quite get Him. He slipped away and the Jews were going to do all they can with Rome's help to apprehend Him this time, lest they look foolish going out and trying to find Him. It sounds like a problem we're having right now, doesn't it? We want to find him. Let's send out a big detachment to make sure we can get him. They were armed with torches, swords, and even clubs. (I doubt that the Romans allowed the Jews to bear arms, so it is likely that the club-bearers were Jews.) It would seem they had prepared for the worst. They expected Jesus to attempt to escape, or at least to resist arrest. They came with torches, ready to pursue Him into the darkness if He attempted to evade them.  4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, "Whom are you seeking?" Jesus in John 6:15 is unwilling to let the popular crowd make Him King. He fights that. Now in John eighteen He's willing to be the sacrifice for them. Jesus seems to do things upside down an awful lot. They wanted to make Him King and now they want to crucify Him and He willingly submits to being apprehended. What you're going to look at in this garden, in my estimation, is the most incredible, powerful, dramatic story in the Bible. What's happening here on the edge of the cross is rich, full of irony and drama, of what's going to happen in the lives of His friends and in His own life.  Jesus came. They were prepared to take Him by force, but they were totally unprepared for what Jesus is going to do because Jesus is going to control even His arrest. So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth.  See the words "went forth?" That word "went forth" is a singular verb that is going to have a word play in a minute. It's a third person singular. He went forth. Now drop down to verse six:  So when He said to them, "I am [He]," they drew back.  See the word "drew back?" The word "drew back" has the same exact tense and parsing but it's a third person plural. In other words, get the picture here, the grammar tells us a story. They're coming out -plural- to arrest Him. He should do what? He should retreat because He is about to be apprehended. But what John tells us is that Jesus came out -singular- and they drew back. It's a very important part of John's pen. He's in control of the situation. He is not going to let them apprehend Him on their terms. He is in command of this context.  5 They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am He." And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. Both times He answers with the two little words in Greek, "I am." Judas is present. I want you to notice John, the way he crafts this story and Judas is standing with them. If you go back to Psalm 1:1 in your mind:  How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path  And now we see Judas with the path of those who are going to arrest Christ; the betrayer.  6 Now when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground.  7 Then He asked them again, "Whom are you seeking?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."  8 Jesus answered, "I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,"  John is fond of double meanings so when we find the word "I am" in the Gospel of John, our mind goes to what? The seven "I am's." I am the Bread of Life. I am the Light of the World; the Way, Truth, and Life; the Door; the Good Shepherd. All those we've looked at in detail, right? If you were with us in the Gospel of John earlier, we went back to Moses' discussion with God and the burning bush, remember?  "Who shall I say sent me to Pharaoh?"  And God says what? "I am." YHWEH.  So when Jesus uses the words "I am" they call Him a blasphemer because He's made Himself out to be God. Well, He is God. That's the point of the "I am's" all through the Gospel of John. So on the one hand, Jesus could just be saying, "I'm the guy you're looking for. I'm Him." Or He could be saying, "I'm God. I am." I vote for the latter. You can do what you want, but I like the picture here that He's saying, "Who are you looking for?"  "Jesus."  "I'm God. I am." He said, "I am." whoosh. "Lest you misunderstand you Jewish, Roman, political, religious officials; lest you misunderstand, I can lay you down. I'm God," Jesus said. "Who are you looking for? I am." I wonder if the second time they braced themselves, you know? It's the darkest hour in our lens, but He's deity. It looks like the thing is unraveling, but it's according to plan. He knew everything that was about to come upon Him. He is not taken by surprise.  This is important. John 10:11 says the Good Shepherd lays down His life for His sheep. We have the doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement. Sometimes we think doctrine is sort of dry and dusty and for people who live in seminary towers. Doctrine is very important. It's very important. Why we believe what we believe is essential especially when you look at this Book. The Bible teaches Substitutionary Atonement. Listen, Jesus didn't just die for them; He dies instead of them. He doesn't just go and take the sting away for a while, sort of at bay when they're going to face their issues. He dies instead of them and He says, "They're going to be protected. I'm going to care for them."  Here is the God man facing crucifixion and He is concerned about His friends.  "I'm the one you want. Let them go."  Who's in control? Jesus Christ. Jesus could have just thought them away, if He can lay them over with a word. 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, "Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none." John 17:12 This was all for a purpose. By throwing the authorities off balance (pardon the pun), Jesus was now able to make a request that they might not have otherwise granted—the release of His disciples. Think about this for a moment. If one of the charges against Jesus was that He was a revolutionary, then His disciples would have been, in present day terms, terrorists. Do you think that under normal circumstances the authorities would have intended to let Jesus' disciples just walk away? I don't think so. But Jesus had them so rattled they didn't attempt to arrest anyone else. Jesus had twice asked them who they were seeking, and twice they answered, “Jesus the Nazarene.” It was as if Jesus had asked them if they had an arrest warrant, and if so, whose name was on the warrant. Only His name was on the arrest warrant, as it were. So Jesus reasons that if the warrant is only for His arrest, surely His disciples must be free to leave.[ii] And so they did. John also tells us it's a fulfillment of Scripture. The word fulfill here rings our ears, just like a prophet spoke and the Word was fulfilled; Jesus speaks and the Word's fulfilled but John the gospel writer is going back to John 6:39 when he says this. So here's an unusual fulfilling. Usually a prophet says something and it comes true at some point in time or maybe in the New Testament it comes true. Jesus says it and a few days later it comes true.  He is the God man who can speak the Word of God because He is God. No word is ever going to fail that Jesus spoke. I hope as we study more and more about the Christ and the Gospel of John that you and I learn the lesson that Jesus Christ is in control. He is not going to fail. Nothing He has ever said will fail, men and women. He will never leave you nor for sake you. He will never revoke His promise to hold you eternally secure if you've trusted Him. If you've trusted Christ, you will see him face-to-face; not because of what you do but because of what He's done.  He will never abandon you. If anything Jesus said could fail, it doesn't matter what He said. Nothing He ever said will fail because He's who He is. Rome may have required the equivalent of an arrest warrant from the Jewish authorities. Only our Lord seems to have been named. While the Jews would have been tempted to arrest everyone there (especially after Peter's use of his sword), they felt powerless to do so in the light of their interchange with Jesus, which underscored the fact that they had been authorized to arrest only Jesus. Jesus controls the context, He controls the setting, He controls His arrest, He's in command of that situation, and lastly He's in control of His suffering. Look again at your text. Let's read verses ten and eleven of John eighteen.  10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Mt 26:51; Mr 14:47; Lu 22:49-50 The small sword (Gr. machaira) that Peter used was probably little more than a dagger. His action was foolish, but it illustrates his courage and commitment to Jesus In using the sword, Peter was definitely disobeying Christ. Christ does not need our protection; the weapons we are to use to fight Satan are spiritual ones (2 Cor. 10:4–6; Eph. 6). Peter used the wrong weapon, had the wrong motive, acted under the wrong orders, and accomplished the wrong result! How gracious of Jesus to heal Malchus (Luke 22:51) and thus protect Peter from harm. Otherwise there might have been another cross on Calvary, and Peter would have been crucified before God's time had come[iii] this is an apostle of Jesus Christ.  When he denies Christ, don't say, "What a fool. You know, I'd have never done that." He was an apostle. God picked him as one of the eleven and then later the twelve cornerstones of the foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ. Don't make him something he's not but don't minimize who he is. He's an apostle of Christ. You need to give Peter the benefit of the doubt.  John thirteen and Matthew twenty-six he swore he'd die for Jesus. I think he meant it. I think he really thought in his heart of hearts, "If it came to it Lord, I'll die for You," and although inept, here's a demonstration of it. I don't think he was showing off. I think his instinctive reaction was, "I'm not going to let this happen. I'll stop it." Luke twenty-two tells us that Jesus touched Malchus and healed him. Now, if I read the text right, the ear has come off. That's sort of gruesome. He does not kneel down and pick up the ear and put it back on Malchus' head. Maybe I'm reading too much into the story. It just says, "He touched him." And He just touches him. I think He created a new ear. The other question I can't wait to see the answer to is, "Do you think Malchus will be in heaven?"  It would be a neat story to hear if he is, won't it?  "Yeah I was there that night."  Talk about an eyewitness account.  11 So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?" Mt 20:22; 26:39,42  The Gospels, all four, include this story, but only John tells us the name "Peter" and the name "Malchus." It gives us sort of the air of the detail of an eyewitness. Well, Jesus' response is compassion towards His enemy. He knows these poor eleven guys are totally outgunned. There's no way in the world they're going to win. He says, "Put the sword away." Peter's brave though misdirected act showed that He still failed to realize that Jesus' death was necessary. Zeal without knowledge is dangerous. Romans 10:2 Paul says: they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.  Peter had zeal for God, but he didn't understand and so Jesus is going to explain it to him. Now, John the gospel writer does not include the Gethsemane agony. We're talking about the agony in the Garden; the agony in Gethsemane. He doesn't include that and many people say, "Why didn't John include that? He left it out." Can you imagine what the normal reaction would have been, once Peter had his sword out and was lopping off the ear of the man nearest to him? This was like striking a match in a room filled with gasoline fumes. How quickly and easily both Jewish and Roman arms could have been employed, so that the situation would have gotten completely out of control. But before anything like this happened, Jesus intervened. It looks like Peter got in only one stroke of his sword before Jesus rebuked him. Our Lord's words stopped Peter in his tracks: “But Jesus said to Peter, ‘Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?'” (John 18:11). Jesus is in the middle of securing the release of His disciples when Peter draws his sword. One wonders if any of the Jewish authorities sought to protest the disciples' release. Someone might have said, “Wait a minute. We can't let these men go; just a moment ago, one of these Galileans assaulted one of us with his sword. He even cut off this man's ear.” I can almost hear the Roman commander respond, “Which ear? So far as I can see this man has two ears.” The commander then goes over to Malchus and inspects both of his ears more closely. “I don't see any missing ear, nor any blood; not even a scar. Let's turn these men loose and take Jesus into custody. He's the one we were told to arrest.” I know it was an intense moment, but there must have been some humor in what took place. Few, if any, were laughing at the time, however. Peter had a sword in his hand, but our Lord had a cup in His hand. Peter was resisting God's will but the Savior was accepting God's will."  Well I think he does when he says "the cup" that He has to drink. The word "cup" does not mean a literal cup; that He has this chalice that He's going to use and give to Peter and so forth and so on. He doesn't mean that there's some wooden or Gold cup that's going to go through. The figure of speech is called a metonymy. It's the same in the Lord's Supper; this cup. He's not saying we have a cup in the Lord's Supper; it's what in the cup. It's the content of the cup. That's called a figure of speech.  So when He says "this cup that He has to drink" he's talking about what is in there that He must consume and go through and this is the wrath of God. Jesus Christ says God the Father is going to pour out His wrath against sin, against man's pride, against man's arrogance, against Adam's fall in all humanity. He's going to pour out the wrath of His holy nature that He must justify that wrath and He must unleash it and His Son is the candidate. The drinking of a cup is often used in Scripture to illustrate experiencing suffering and sorrow. When Babylon captured Jerusalem, the city had “drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling” (Isa. 51:17). Jeremiah pictured God's wrath against the nations as the pouring out of a cup (Jer. 25:15–28). There is also a cup of consolation (Jer. 16:7) and the overflowing cup of joy (Ps. 23:5).[iv] The image was a familiar one to His disciples, and it is not an unfamiliar image today. To “drink the cup” means to go through with a difficult experience; and “not my cup of tea” means saying no to a certain course of action. The fact that some trophies are designed like cups suggests that winners have been through demanding experiences and had to “swallow a lot.” Jesus was able to accept the cup because it was mixed by the Father and given to Him from the Father's hand. He did not resist the Father's will, because He came to do the Father's will and finish the work the Father gave Him to do.“I delight to do Thy will, O my God: yea, Thy law is within my heart” (Ps. 40:8). Since the Father had mixed and measured the contents of the cup, Jesus knew He had nothing to fear. This is a good lesson to us: we need never fear the cups that the Father hands to us. To begin with, our Savior has already drunk the cup before us, and we are only following in His steps. We need never fear what is in the cup because the Father has prepared it for us in love.[v] He says, "Don't get in the way of what God the Father's doing. I've got to drink this cup. Don't try to stop it."  What is John the Gospel writer's picture of glory? Suffering is the way to glory and I think it's ingenious the way the Holy Spirit and the Gospel writer John put it: "I have to drink this cup. I've got to go through this Peter, you don't understand it." We have a zeal, but not for God. It seems as though Peter can do nothing right. Here he is, trying so hard to prove to Jesus that he will follow Him to the very end, even unto death. And he is right in one sense. He is willing to die. It is he alone who draws the sword and seeks to prevent the arrest of his Master. But in so doing, he is wrong; in fact, he is resisting the plans and purposes of God. His use of his sword would appear to endanger the lives of the Lord and all the disciples. It implied the opposite of what our Lord would later claim before Pilate, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would fight to prevent me being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But now my kingdom is not from here” (John 18:36). Peter endeavors to save the Lord's life when He is committed to voluntarily giving up His life in order to provide “the way” to the Father. Jesus is about to “drink the cup” which His Father has given Him, and Peter would (so to speak) thrust it out of His hands. This theme of the deity of Jesus Christ, and of His control over all things, is constantly reiterated and reinforced in John's Gospel. Well, three people at least in the text try to control Jesus. Number one we have Judas trying to control the situation. His motivation is to control for money; for monetary benefit. We also have the Jews and the Romans and they're going to control God. They're going to control Jesus as a show of power.  "We're in control. We're going to bring two -1200 hundred+ out to apprehend this guy. We're in control."  That's pretty impressive control in my book. Then we have Peter and to a lesser extent the disciples.  "We're going to control it" and they pull out a sword and whack off a poor guy's ear.  “We're going to control it.”  All three attempts at control failed. Jesus is in control of His own arrest. Jesus knows everything and He's in control. Let me give you four or five lessons here about how you and I can sort of deal with this. I can't help the people in your life and mine who try to control you and me but I can ask us who are control freaks, I can help us a little bit with learning how to deal with that tendency. Number one, we need to prayerfully develop a firm resolve to accept what God gives. We need to prayerfully develop an attitude that says, "You know, when this thing comes along and my personality wants to make it happen.  To take charge, to make it work, to right the wrong, to right the injustice.  When that happens, maybe I just need to prayerfully resolve to accept what God's giving.”  Lack of promotion, unfair treatment with money, some disappointment in life, some injustice. Instead of the love to say, "I'm going to make it happen. I'm going to use the force of my personality to fix this thing."  Maybe the first pause is to prayerfully resolve. "God what am I supposed to accept from Your hand here?"  I think one of the marks at least in my struggle with the Christian life, and maybe yours, one of the marks of kind of growing up in a Christian life is to realize there are some "why" questions I'm never going to have the answer to. Why I can't have children; why I can't find a husband or a wife; why my husband or wife won't be the way I want them to be; why my kids won't follow Christ. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why didn't I get promoted? Why didn't my stocks go right? Why did this injustice happen to me?  You know men and women, when you hang onto that "why" it'll rot your soul. I'm not saying you don't wrestle with it. I'm not saying you don't pray through it. I'm not saying you don't learn from it. I am saying that there may be a time when you have to set that why question over here and go on with life. I think that's part of growing up in the Christian life. Some whys are never going to find an answer. Secondly, how do we deal with being control freaks, I think we need to channel our desire to control other people and channel that control fondness back to our own soul and say, "Father through Your Holy Spirit, can You control me?" So when your Type A boils up and your temperament and your Myers-Briggs justifies your existence on this world and you can be that way because you are an E or whatever, you know? And you've got the power and you've got the money and you've got the experience and you've got the whatever and you say, "I can do this thing." Well, maybe. You need to say, "God, You need to control me because my ego is way out of line here." Thirdly, don't try to prove your faith by the sword. I'm not saying we're not going to mess up and fail in the Christian life. I'm saying the tendency is, "I'll pull the sword. I'll play the Trump card. I'll use the force of my position, my rank, and my experience. Because I'm the parent and you're the child I can just bark at you." Don't pull the sword to prove your faith. when you and I pull the sword to prove our faith the Malchus's of life never get their ear back. Lastly, true power and true control is when you and I are in submission to the will of God. You want to be in control? Then you submit and obey God. You want to be controlling the power? Then you submit to God's authority for your life. Jesus Christ is the most powerful man who ever lived and He is submitting to a higher authority; He is submitting to His Father and He's going to take the wrath of hell for you and me. Here it is in summary form. I've got to relinquish my control, I need to ask His Spirit to help me be controlled and I need to rest in the outcome no matter what happens because Jesus Christ knows everything and He is in control. You know, if there is an opposite of this control issue, it's got to be contentment. I think of Philippians chapter four where Paul says, "I've learned the secret of being content no matter what my circumstances are. I've learned I don't have to be in control of even my environment. I've slept in nice beds and I'm right now in a hole in the ground a grate over the top of me and I'm content in whatever circumstances I find myself." And you know that word contentment means enough; that you come to a place when you say, "This is enough. I have enough."  It's a wonderful application of the passage that you and I in the course of our life are going to have all kinds of trauma and trial and things go awry with our kids, with our grandkids and we're going to try and rescue and rush in. Yes, we help. Yes, we come along side, but to take a deep breath and say, "He is in control. I am not. I'm responsible for my response to Him but there's not a lot I can do about many of the trials of life." And it doesn't mean we won't weep in the midst of times of weeping.  It just means that we understand that God is in control.  If your tendency is to draw the knife, just take a breath and wait and see what He will do. I was looking at a passage in Luke's Gospel recently where Luke talks about Jesus instructing Peter to throw out the net even after Peter's been fishing all night. It doesn't make any sense to Peter to do this and yet he says, "Master, at Your word I'll do it." He does object a little bit. He says, "You know Lord, we finished all my and we didn't catch anything, but at Your word we will do what You say." I think that's a good word for us. There are times when we look at what God calls us to and we say, “You know this doesn't make any sense to me," but do we respond with that kind of committed obedience? Do we trust and obey? That's a key theme in John's Gospel. It is an amazing thing to read the first verses of John 18 and to realize that Jesus made no effort to save Himself, while at the same time He was saving His disciples. He saved their physical lives by His deeds and words in the Garden where He was arrested; He saved their spiritual lives (and ours) by His death at Calvary. Peter momentarily put his trust in his sword, rather than in his Shepherd. Only Jesus can save anyone from their sins, and from divine condemnation. Have you trusted in Him for the forgiveness of your sins? He is the Good Shepherd, who laid down His life for His sheep. May God grant that you are one of His sheep, and that you will rejoice in His salvation, and in His sovereignty. What peace there is in knowing that the Good Shepherd is the Sovereign Son of God, whose promises and purposes always come to pass. In a day wh        Mark 8:36 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?              John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Have you trusted Him as your Savior? He can Save you if You ask Him based on His death, burial, and resurrection for your sins. Believe in Him for forgiveness of your sins today.               “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”  -John 8:32             Our mission is to spread the gospel and to go to the least of these with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ; We reach out to those the World has forgotten.              hisloveministries.podbean.com #HLMSocial hisloveministries.net https://www.instagram.com/hisloveministries1/?hl=en His Love Ministries on Itunes Don't go for all the gusto you can get, go for all the God (Jesus Christ) you can get. The gusto will get you, Jesus can save you. https://www.facebook.com/His-Love-Ministries-246606668725869/?tn-str=k*F             The world is trying to solve earthly problems that can only be solved with heavenly solutions [i] Wiersbe, W. W. (1992). Wiersbe's expository outlines on the New Testament (260). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books. [ii] Rome may have required the equivalent of an arrest warrant from the Jewish authorities. Only our Lord seems to have been named. While the Jews would have been tempted to arrest everyone there (especially after Peter's use of his sword), they felt powerless to do so in the light of their interchange with Jesus, which underscored the fact that they had been authorized to arrest only Jesus. [iii] Wiersbe, W. W. (1992). Wiersbe's expository outlines on the New Testament (261). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books. [iv] Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Jn 18:11). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books. [v] Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Jn 18:11). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

May 19,2024

In this episode, Duffey and Jason interview Dr. Michael Lawrence about "congregationalism." This is an important conversation because Believers' Baptist Church is a congregational church. In this episode, topics discussed are church leadership/government, the congregation's authority, church membership, church discipline, and etc. from a biblical and Baptist perspective.   About our guest: Michael Lawrence (PhD, University of Cambridge; MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; BA, Duke University) is lead pastor of Hinson Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon, and is a Council member of The Gospel Coalition. He is the author of several books, including Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church, Conversion: How God Creates a People, Ezekiel: A 12-Week Study (Knowing the Bible), and with Mark Dever, It Is Well: Expositions on Substitutionary Atonement. He and his wife, Adrienne, have five children.

The most important thing we can understand is the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ for our sins. Learn a simple help from the crucifixion story in Luke 23.To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/teaching-children-the-substitutionary-atonement-based-on-luke-23/

Are we comfortable with a wrathful God? How can we be both moved emotionally by a sacrificial God while wrestling with the notion that the incarnation of God in Jesus is far from wrathful? Today's Scripture comes from Galatians 3:13-14. Original Broadcast Date: March 3, 2024 creekwoodumc.org

All Scripture points to the Savior who laid down His life to take away the sins of His people. Today, R.C. Sproul adamantly defends the centrality of Christ's atonement in the Christian faith. A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://www.ligonier.org/donate/ Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

What does the New Testament have to say about Christ's death on the Cross as a substitution for mankind's sins? Listen to this message to hear the Greek prepositions used to explain this. See the significance of the sacrificial Passover Lamb. Understand that although all our sins were paid for at the Cross, each person must individually trust Christ for his or her salvation.

What does the New Testament have to say about Christ's death on the Cross as a substitution for mankind's sins? Listen to this message to hear the Greek prepositions used to explain this. See the significance of the sacrificial Passover Lamb. Understand that although all our sins were paid for at the Cross, each person must individually trust Christ for his or her salvation.

Substitutionary atonement! Do you know what that means? Listen to this message to hear how Christ's love for us was such that He died in our place and paid the penalty for our sins. Beginning in the Old Testament, see how this work of Christ was predicted. Hear the illustration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and learn about the animal sacrifices that were made for the sins of the people. Rejoice that all of your sins are forgiven and you can trust Him to be your Savior.

Substitutionary atonement! Do you know what that means? Listen to this message to hear how Christ's love for us was such that He died in our place and paid the penalty for our sins. Beginning in the Old Testament, see how this work of Christ was predicted. Hear the illustration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and learn about the animal sacrifices that were made for the sins of the people. Rejoice that all of your sins are forgiven and you can trust Him to be your Savior.

Matthew 24:3-5, 36-393 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” 4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many. I Timothy 4:2-4“Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” The Last Days The Reality of the Current Culture Two Common False Doctrines Five Essential Truths About the Gospel 1. Holiness of God 2. Deity of Christ 3. Fall of Man 4. Substitutionary Atonement 5. Faith Alone 

A sermon by ruling elder Scott McClymonds.

“You shall make his soul an offering for sin.”—Isaiah 53:10. Main Points:1. Sin deserves and demands punishment – 3:292. The provision of a substitute is an act of grace – 13:373. The most fitting person to be a substitute – 18:554. The substitutionary work is complete – 28:12 The following are select quotes from this […] The post 561. Expiation — Isaiah 53:10 (Substitutionary Atonement) appeared first on Hear Spurgeon.

The Matt Slick Live daily radio show broadcast is a production of the Christian Apologetics Research Ministry -CARM-. During the show, Matt answers questions on the air, and offers insight on topics like The Bible, Apologetics, Theology, World Religions, Atheism, and other issues-- The show airs live on the Truth Network, Monday through Friday, 6-7 PM, EST -3-4 PM, PST--You can also email questions to Matt using- info-carm.org, Please put -Radio Show Question- in the Subject line--You can also watch a live stream during the live show on RUMBLE---Time stamps are approximate due to commercials being removed for PODCAST.--Topics include--- 02- Should women keep silent in church---- 12-- The relationship between man and woman in Christ.-- 20- Veneration of images and idols in Roman Catholicism.-- 26- The Reformation.-- 37- Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ.-- 57- Monophysitism.

The Matt Slick Live daily radio show broadcast is a production of the Christian Apologetics Research Ministry (CARM). During the show, Matt answers questions on the air, and offers insight on topics like The Bible, Apologetics, Theology, World Religions, Atheism, and other issues!  The show airs live on the Truth Network, Monday through Friday, 6-7 PM, EST (3-4 PM, PST) You can also email questions to Matt using: info@carm.org, Please put "Radio Show Question" in the Subject line! You can also watch a live stream during the live show on RUMBLE! MSL: July, 20 2023 Time stamps are approximate due to commercials being removed for PODCAST. Topics include: 02- Should women keep silent in church? 12-  The relationship between man and woman in Christ. 20- Veneration of images and idols in Roman Catholicism. 26- The Reformation. 37- Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ. 57- Monophysitism. MSL: July, 20 2023   This show LIVE STREAMS on RUMBLE during the Radio Broadcast! Subscribe to the CARM YouTube Channel Subscribe to the Matt Slick YouTube Channel CARM on Facebook Visit the CARM Website Donate to CARM You can find our past podcast by clicking here!

The Matt Slick Live daily radio show broadcast is a production of the Christian Apologetics Research Ministry (CARM). During the show, Matt answers questions on the air, and offers insight on topics like The Bible, Apologetics, Theology, World Religions, Atheism, and other issues!  The show airs live on the Truth Network, Monday through Friday, 6-7 PM, EST (3-4 PM, PST) You can also email questions to Matt using: info@carm.org, Please put "Radio Show Question" in the Subject line! You can also watch a live stream during the live show on RUMBLE! MSL: July, 20 2023 Time stamps are approximate due to commercials being removed for PODCAST. Topics include: 02- Should women keep silent in church? 12-  The relationship between man and woman in Christ. 20- Veneration of images and idols in Roman Catholicism. 26- The Reformation. 37- Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ. 57- Monophysitism. MSL: July, 20 2023   This show LIVE STREAMS on RUMBLE during the Radio Broadcast! Subscribe to the CARM YouTube Channel Subscribe to the Matt Slick YouTube Channel CARM on Facebook Visit the CARM Website Donate to CARM You can find our past podcast by clicking here!

This morning we have come to Hebrews 9, which is one of the most theologically rich chapters in the entire New Testament, which I think is saying a lot because there's plenty of great theologically rich passages in the Bible.This morning, we'll look at the first half of the chapter, and then over the next two weeks, God willing, Pastor David Mathis and Pastor Max will take us through the rest of the chapter. And I'm very excited about that.Preamble: Mother's DayBut before we dive in, I just want to say, to all the mamas in the house: Happy Mother's Day! We live in a society that devalues motherhood and I just want you to know that I'm a fan of mamas. I've got a good Mama. I'm married to a good mama. Happy Mother's Day to all of you.I also know that Mother's Day is a painful day for a lot of women, for a lot of people, for various reasons, this is a tough day. There are women who want to be mothers that are not or maybe you're estranged from your mother or your family. We know that this is a painful day for some, for a lot of different reasons, and I just want you to know that Jesus sees you. He sees you, and he knows you, he loves you.Jesus loves you and I can say that with confidence because of passages like Hebrews 9. Passages like Hebrews 9 shout to us the love of God and shows us the length that Jesus was willing to go to in order to demonstrate the love of God to us.And so, if you are sitting here this morning and today is painful, Jesus sees you, he knows you, he loves you, and he proved it at the cross, and Hebrews 9 will help us look a little more into the extent of his work at the cross. Would you pray with me, and we'll dive into Hebrews 9.Father in heaven, You are so kind and merciful to us, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love. You are faithful to us, and I praise you. Thank you for your Word that instructs us. God, would you please show us your glory through Hebrews, and may that transform how we live. Lord, I ask, would you use your word this morning to shape us, to mold us, to make us to be more like Jesus. In the matchless name of Jesus I pray, Amen.Introduction: It's All About JesusWell, as we've been going through the book of Hebrews the last few months, we've seen the writer talk a lot about Jesus. He knows that if we love Jesus, we'll stick with the faith.He knows that if we consider Jesus, if we continually look to Jesus, we'll be strengthened and we'll be less likely to walk away from the Christian faith. The way we stick with the faith is by looking at Jesus, so the writer keeps pushing us toward Jesus. He makes much of Jesus.In this book we've been told that Jesus is better than Moses, and that he's better than the Levitical priests, and he's even better than the angels.The writer has also told us that Jesus is sinless, that Jesus has indestructible life, that Jesus is a King, and that Jesus is divine, he's the exact imprint of God.The writer of Hebrews is making it very clear, if you walk away from Jesus, you're downgrading. Turning to anything other than Jesus is a major downgrade, especially if you go back to the old covenant, that's a major downgrade, because Jesus is better.The Bigger and Better New CovenantThe writer of Hebrews then continues and tells us that Jesus has instituted a new covenant and that he's rendered the old covenant obsolete. Now, to be clear, the writer of Hebrews is not being pejorative toward the old covenant. He's not dogging on it, he's simply saying it's obsolete. Because it cannot do what we need it to do, we need it to remove the guilt and stain of sin, but it cannot do that.Let me give you an example, I know that last week Pastor Jonathan used a car metaphor to describe the old covenant, and I want to use another car metaphor, but slightly different, a different emphasis.Let's say you have a car, maybe even a nice car, whatever. And someone comes to you and says, can you drive me to the moon? “Ahhhh, what?” Uh, no, this is a car, and to go to the moon, you're gonna need a rocket ship. The old covenant was inadequate, it cannot do what we ultimately want to do. That's not a bug, it's a feature.You see, in a previous season of life, that person may have only needed to get across town, so the car worked fine, it was great, it did what was needed at that time, it did the job. But now the request has changed, the expectation is different. Now the goal is to get to the moon, not just across town, and the car won't do the trick. The car is now obsolete.It's not appropriate to expect a car to drive you to the moon, even if it's a great car. That's not what the car is designed to do. Likewise, it's not appropriate to expect the old covenant to do what it was not designed to do, it's not appropriate to expect the old covenant to permanently remove the guilt and stain of sin. That's not what it was designed for. The old covenant is not the final destination. The old covenant is not the perfect product, there's something better that's come along.The new covenant does indeed permanently remove the guilt and stain of sin, because that's what it was designed to do, and Hebrews 9 helps us to see that. The new covenant is the rocket ship, taking us to the moon. The new covenant is bigger and better and grander. The old covenant was good in its day, it was helpful in its time, but it cannot accomplish what we need.The Value and Design of the TabernacleNow, previously in the book of Hebrews, the author has already highlighted the thing that the old covenant could not accomplish. We've seen this the last two weeks. Pastor Jonathan talked about this last week and Pastor David two weeks ago, we've seen that the old covenant is obsolete, and the new covenant is far superior. At the end of Hebrews 8, the writer says that the old covenant is ready to vanish.However, here in Hebrews 9, the writer is actually going to highlight something good about the old covenant; he shows us that the old covenant could indeed accomplish something of value, and he shows why it matters to us New Testament believers. He's going to highlight one of the primary purposes of the old covenant. To do this, he first starts by reminding them of some of the components of the old covenant.In Hebrews 9:2-5, he's describing the tabernacle. We heard Pastor Mike read it for us earlier. The author of Hebrews reminds them that the tabernacle had two sections. And to get into the first section, you needed to go past the first curtain, the entrance to the tent is covered by a curtain. And once you went past that first curtain, into that first section, that was known as the Holy Place.But then there's a second curtain, which takes you from the first section, into the second section, and that was known as the Most Holy Place. Then he reminds them of all the stuff that was inside the tabernacle, in both sections.He's like: Remember, in the first part, in the Holy place, there's a lampstand and a table and the show bread. And then he's like: and once you go past the second curtain, into the Most Holy Place, right? You go from the Holy Place (the first section) into the Most Holy Place (the second section). Well, it's in that second section where you're gonna find the ark of the covenant.And in the ark of the covenant, you've got the golden urn that's holding the manna, and you've got Aaron's staff, and you've got the tablets of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.So, he reminds them of all the important stuff that's there. And for those of you who were with us in the Exodus and Leviticus series, this will be familiar to you as well.The Priestly ProtocolsThen, after the talks about the tabernacle, the writer then begins to remind them of the priestly protocols. Look at verses 6 and 7: “These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, 7 but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year.” He's reminding them, the priests had regular duties. They would enter the Holy Place (that first section) on a regular basis to do their priestly duties. But once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the High Priest would go past the second curtain into that Most Holy Place. This whole process is described in Leviticus 16.In Leviticus 16, God gives them very specific instructions. You may remember that from our Leviticus series. On that Day of Atonement, there were several different sacrifices that happened.There was always one sacrifice that the priest offered for his own sins, that was a bull, and then there were sacrifices for the sins of the people, the two goats. One goat would be slain and the other sent into exile, but not before the priest confessed the sins of the people and they were put onto the goat. The sins of the people of Israel were imputed onto the goats, and the goats then suffered in the place of the people.So, the writer of Hebrews is basically recapping all these very particular protocols. But then the writer says that this was all done for a reason. The Old Covenant as the MapHere in Hebrews 9, we see that the writer of Hebrews is going to give the audience the reason for this entire elaborate system. Look at the first 6 words of verse 8, just the first six words: “By this the Holy Spirit indicates…” This entire system, the elaborate Old Testament regulations, the structure of the tabernacle, the furniture, the sacrifices, the protocols, everything, the Holy Spirit is orchestrating all of this to indicate something to us.Another English translation renders those first few words like this: “By these regulations, the Holy Spirit revealed.” All this stuff was designed to reveal something to us. This is all a picture of something greater, a depiction of something bigger and better. The old covenant was designed to reveal something newer and grander. Now, he does not immediately, here, tell us what that newer thing is, but we know he's alluding to the new covenant, which he certainly makes clear later in this chapter.This elaborate old covenant system and all its minutia wasn't just an accident. It was not arbitrary. In fact, God gave very specific instructions and blueprints for how they were to construct the entire tabernacle and how to arrange the furniture in the tabernacle, it was all very particular.More than 30 times in the book of Exodus we read that Moses built the tabernacle according to the pattern, according to the pattern given to him. This really is very important. Moses needed to follow the instructions because if he didn't, he'd create a tabernacle that gave a wrong picture and flawed depiction of the grander reality that God wants them to see.You could say that the old covenant is, sort of, like a map. Maps are designed to depict a real place, right? The map is only valuable if it accurately depicts a valuable place you want to get to.Maps give us a quality picture of a particular location, but the map itself is not the final destination, the map is not the jam. You don't take a week off work to spend time with a map, right? The map isn't the final destination, the map isn't the goal. The map is designed to lead you to a place. Likewise, the old covenant was designed to lead us to some place… or to some person.You could say that the old covenant was pedagogical. The old covenant was designed to teach us things. It is designed to give us insights into the new covenant. The entire elaborate system was engineered by God, crafted by God, to give us a picture of what Jesus would eventually do for his people.So, while the new covenant is certainly better than the old, much better and newer and grander, there are still some insights that we get by looking back at the old covenant. The old covenant is helpful to us in that way. There are some things about the new covenant, that we better understand, by looking back at the old covenant, and the reason that's true is because that's precisely what the old covenant was designed to do. It was designed for that.The Better Tent, In HeavenIn this passage we see the comparing and contrasting, between the old and the new, but we also see the writer leveraging the old to explain the new.Look at verses 11 and 12: “But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands…” The writer here is making it clear, there's a better tent. The tent that Jesus entered is the throne room of God in heaven, and that heavenly tent is waaaaayyyyyy better than the earthly tent that was made with human hands.But the events that took place in the earthly tent give us insights into what happened in that heavenly tent. Just like the Jewish high priest of old would enter into the physical tent, here on earth, to offer an offering to God for the sins of the people, likewise, Jesus enters into a tent, to offer an offering to God for the sins of his people. But Jesus is the better high priest, entering into the better tent, and offering up a better offering.Look at verse 12: “He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.” Jesus did not bring an animal into that heavenly tent, no. Jesus offered a better offering, not goats and calves, but himself! In Galatians 3, the apostle Paul says that, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” Jesus became a curse. He suffered the penalty that was meant for us.How Much More Valuable is JesusNow, in Hebrews 9:13, the writer of Hebrews is about to tell us that the goats and bulls used in the Old Testament were actually useful, to some extent. Look at the last few words of verse 13, those Old Testament sacrifices, they did “sanctify for the purification of the flesh.” So, there was some purification that took place. But it was very limited.It was a sinful priest with the blood of some mere animals, some bulls and goats, but that whole project did have some value; it was sufficient to atone for the sins of the Jewish people for twelve months, right? But it wasn't a permanent thing. It was gonna have to be done again and again and again, every single year, year after year after year.The old system was incredibly limited. But, it did have some value, and the writer of Hebrews is about to ask, if that old limited system had some value, if the blood of some bulls and goats could offer some purification, how much greater will the purification be when there's a better offering.Look at verse 14: “How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” If bulls and goats could accomplish something for the Jewish people, how much more will the blood of Jesus accomplish?Just like we see in the book Leviticus, we saw that the sins of the people were transferred to the animals, imputed to them, and then we see those animals being punished, suffering the wrath of God, because God hates sin. The sins were on the animals and those animals were punished, that was the offering. Similarly, our sins are transferred to Jesus, our sin offering, and Jesus suffers in our place.So, in some ways, you could say, the old covenant was similar to the new covenant. There's a process of imputation happening. If you want to understand what Jesus did for us, looking back at the Old Testament sacrificial system is helpful to us; the old covenant and the protocols of the tabernacle depict the work of Jesus.But, of course, in many other ways, the covenants are very different.The New Covenant is DifferentThere's at least three major ways in which they're different. Surely, there's actually more than three, but I'll just highlight the three that I think are immediately most obvious and most helpful for us to consider.The first difference between Jesus and the Old Testament sacrifices is that Jesus went willingly. The bulls and goats weren't doing it willingly. They didn't freely choose.Consider this, on some of the Jewish holy days, the Jewish people would bring lots of sacrifices. I mean you could have thousands and thousands of goats and animals being slaughtered on one day, so it's a very bloody sight in the tabernacle. There's lots and lots of animals being killed, lots of goats having their throats slit. It's a very, very gruesome scene, and not one of those animals chose to be there. Not one volunteered. In fact, if they could see what was happening, they wouldn't have come.But Jesus, from his seat in heaven, is seeing this bloody mess, this gruesome moment, he sees the blood of the sacrifices, and Jesus still determines that he will step in, he's going to volunteer to put himself into that moment, into that gruesome spot, and he voluntarily lays down his life. This is far greater than anything a goat ever did.The second most obvious big difference, and I've already alluded to this, it's important to note that the sacrifice of Jesus is permanent, like we saw in verse 12, it was “once for all.” It's done. It is finished. The guilt and stain of sin of gone, done away with!The third big difference is that the sacrifice of Jesus was not limited to just a small ethnic group in Palestine, but it'd be sufficient for all peoples everywhere.The bulls and goats could cover sin for the Jews in the ancient world, for a short period of time, but the sacrifice of Jesus applies to all people groups, everywhere, at all times. This is why, in John 1:29, when John the Baptist saw Jesus, He shouted: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” The new covenant is permanent and for all peoples everywhere.Purification from SinNow, look again at the last clause of verse 14. Here he states the results of the work of Jesus. He says, the blood of Christ will “purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” Dead works are the choices we make that lead to death. But because of Jesus, because of what he accomplished, we are forgiven of our sinful choices that otherwise would have led to death, and now we can serve the living God, and we can enter his presence and enjoy him forever. What a glorious reality, that we can enter into the presence of God and enjoy him forever!Penal Substitutionary AtonementNow, with all this stated, I want to briefly touch on a doctrine being outlined herein. Overall, this passage is dealing with a thing we call the doctrine of atonement.The word atonement in the Bible refers to sin “being paid for” or “sin being covered” or “being taken care of.” The implication is that God does not just ignore sin. He does not just “let it go.” No, it must be dealt with. God is just, and holy, he does not just let people “get away” with sin.But, if you are a believer in Jesus, you can take comfort, he has dealt with it for you. Your sin has been dealt with.However, if you are not a believer, the Bible makes it very clear, you're gonna need to deal with your sin yourself. And I promise you, that will not go well for you.In Hebrews 10, it says, “It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” You should be terrified about the reality of God getting his hands on you, without your sin having been dealt with.Why? Because God hates sin. I said it earlier. God is holy, and just, and he demands that sin be punished. Every single sin must be punished.But that's the brilliance of the cross, at the cross God punishes sin, and yet makes a way for sinners to be treated mercifully. Jesus takes on the penalty in our place. He is our substitute. That's our understanding of atonement.Theologians call this understanding of atonement (that I've just unpacked), “penal substitutionary atonement.”“Penal” implies that there's a penalty or a punishment being imposed. “Substitutionary” denotes that there's a substitute, in this case Jesus is our substitute. So, we call it “penal substitution.” This is what the Bible teaches. This is the picture we get from the Old Testament, and it depicts what Jesus did for us.Now, in our last few minutes together, I want to tackle one controversy that's big in many circles right now and then I want to give us two points of application.Defending Penal SubstitutionFirst, the controversy. There are some people who reject penal substitutionary atonement. They claim that we've misunderstood the Bible and what the Bible teaches about atonement. And there's various responses to this.Some people claim that the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement was actually invented in the sixteenth century by John Calvin or maybe some other Reformers. They claim that this is an advent of the 1500s and no one before that time ever believed this.Well, with all due respect, they're wrong. They are just flat-out wrong. There is tremendous evidence that people in the second and third centuries believed this understanding of this atonement.Sometimes, I think, people say this because they're just ignorant of church history, they haven't actually read second and third century pastors and theologians. And other times they do know, but they just think that you won't know, and that's far more nefarious.But there is great evidence for penal substitution existing in the early church. I don't have time to go through this all this morning, but this is what I intend to do. God willing, this week when we post the manuscript for this sermon on our website, I'll put some links to several articles that decisively prove that, so if you're interested in knowing what the early church fathers and theologians and pastors believed, you can check out those articles. (See footnotes below).The early church fathers didn't use the term “penal substitutionary atonement.” Obviously, the terminology is new. But the concept of penal substitution was very clearly there, from the earliest days. Check out the resources below, if you're interested.Now, there are other people who push back on penal substitutionary atonement and they say, “well there are other understandings of the atonement in the early church.” Which is true, there are. But when you examine them, what you see is that these other atonement theories are not actually mutually exclusive with penal substitution.Most of the time when people make arguments for other atonement theories and understandings, I'm like yeah, yeah, that too! The atonement is way more awesome than we realize, so penal substitution is true and these other ones are often true as well. These are all things that Jesus accomplished, but some people want to pit these against each other and I think that's a flaw, it's a false dichotomy, and I'd encourage you, don't fall victim to that.Also, there's some people who reject penal substitution, honestly, because they just don't understand it, and that's pretty common, so we can walk with them through Hebrews 9 and help them understand.Some people reject penal substitution because they have a low view of scripture and they think they can pick and choose what parts of the Scripture they can reject, so they only pick the things they like, and they often are like, well, we don't really like that whole “God has wrath” stuff, that's gross, so we're just going to ignore that passage of Scripture. That happens often.Some people just can't stomach the idea that God is a god of wrath or that God is going to punish sin, they can't stomach that, or it doesn't logically compute to them, so they find ways to massage the Scriptures. In most cases they're not being nefarious, in most cases they're just bothered by wrath, so they find interpretations of the passages that simply fit better with a different understanding of atonement, so that they don't have to think about this whole idea of penalty and punishment and wrath.But here's the problem with that: We should believe whatever the Bible teaches us! The Bible clearly teaches that God has wrath. God is giving you his assessment of himself, and some people turn around and disagree with it.But if you disagree with God, it is not God who is wrong!We must be very careful to not allow our modern sensibilities to inform how we read the text. We need to read the text on its own terms, seeking what the author meant to communicate to his audience, and we must embrace whatever the Bible actually teaches, wholeheartedly, even if we don't like it.The Bible clearly teaches that God hates sin and punishes it. He cannot and will not dwell amongst sinful peoples. Which is the entire reason for the Old Testament system. The elaborate system of the old covenant gives us insights into God's insistence that sin be dealt with. And we know that Jesus did it for us.Jesus was our substitute, taking the wrath of God in our place.Christian, Your Sins Are ForgivenTwo points of application for believers. First, if you are a believer, your sins have been forgiven. There's no scarlet letter on you. That nagging sin that haunts you, that thing you feel guilty for, its been forgiven!Psalm 103:12 says: “As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.” God speaking through the prophet in Isaiah 43:25: “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.” God blots out your sin. He has chosen to forget it. But you keep bringing it up. You keep harping on it. But you have been wiped clean!Christian, to all who humbly seek the mercy of God, we say to you, in Jesus Christ your sins are forgiven. Praise be to God!The Cross Demonstrates LoveSecond, Jesus dying in our place shows us the love of God. Jesus became our substitute because he loves. He chose to enter into that gruesome moment, he chose to do it, because he loves.In Romans 5:8, the apostle Paul says that this is how God shows his love for us, he says that “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” When you were at your worst, when you had nothing to offer him, that's when he saw you, and he chose you. He looked down the corridors of time and said “I want him… I want her.” He chose you and he went to the cross for you, to show you his love for you!When you doubt his love, just stop and look at the cross. Look at what he did, he took on your penalty. He was your substitute. He instituted a better covenant, because he loves you!The old covenant was specifically designed to teach us about the new covenant, the better covenant, mediated by the better high priest, who loved you and gave himself for you.Church, that's worth remembering, and that's why we come to this table each and every week, to remember what Jesus has done. To remember, Jesus stood in my place.——————————Additional Resources:1) Brian Arnold, “Did the Church Fathers Affirm Penal Substitutionary Atonement?”, 9Marks, August 20, 2019, https://www.9marks.org/article/did-the-church-fathers-affirm-penal-substitutionary-atonement.2) Brian Arnold, “Penal Substitution in the Early Church,” The Gospel Coalition, April 13, 2021, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/penal-substitution-early-church.3) Mike Winger, “The Real History of Penal Substitutionary Atonement,” YouTube video, October 15, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4bTHScjdEo.4) Michael J. Kruger, “Did Early Christians Believe in Substitutionary Atonement?”, The Gospel Coalition, June 25, 2019, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/did-early-christians-believe-in-substitutionary-atonement.

Did Jesus die merely as an example of selfless love? Today, R.C. Sproul explains what Christ's death on the cross actually accomplished: atonement for all who believe. Get the 'Foundations: An Overview of Systematic Theology' DVD Series for Your Gift of Any Amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/2381/foundations Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind.org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources.

The most important thing we can understand is the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ for our sins. Learn a simple help from the crucifixion story in Luke 23.To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/teaching-children-the-substitutionary-atonement-based-on-luke-23/

Hello friends! This week Pastors David Holcomb and Andrew Wild sit with special guest Dave Steward as we continue our study in Luke chapter 23, "Jesus' Trial". Here we get a good background and understanding of the steps that lead to a trial in which an innocent man receives the death penalty, and a guilty man is released from his. This week's Essential Moment focuses on Substitutionary Atonement.

From Sean @ Kingdom In Context Dec 13, 2022 Substitutionary Atonement Explained (Stream cuts off abruptly at the end due to technical difficulties on Sean's end) ~~~ Kingdom In Context: Follow Sean Griffin @Twitter, Instagram, Facebook You can support Sean @PayPal& Patreon Get Sean's Contextual Study Guide of Scripture Or the 1 Enoch Contextual Study Guide Get the Kingdom in Context App on iPhone or Android for live alerts, community and much more. ~~~~~~~ From Me: Be Good Broadcast I just rebroadcast those spreading The Word Propagate it. Share it. Contact Me My Twitter Please Rate or Review on Spotify or Apple if you would please. If you get value from the rebroadcast please consider giving value back. Via Paypal, CashApp, Subscribestar, Or Buy me a coffee. Thanks for listening everyone. B. Good --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/begoodbroadcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/begoodbroadcast/support

Take time to delight in the doctrine of substitution. You possess the greatest and most important message in the world. Christ died as a substitute for sinners! Because of this, forgiveness and eternal life is opened wide to all who would believe. When was the last time you shared with someone about the remarkable substitute that God gave to this world? This is a truth that truly changes lives.Thank you for listening to this episode of Declaring His Glory Among the Nations: Daily Scripture Meditations from Pastors Around the World.This show is from The Master's Academy International.If you like this podcast, please subscribe, and leave a review on your favorite podcast app. The Master's Academy International is committed to fulfilling the Great Commission by training indigenous church leaders worldwide.For more information and to learn how to get involved, visit www.tmai.org.► CONNECT WITH US: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tmai.orgInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/tmai_orgTwitter - https://twitter.com/tmai_org► SEE OUR RESOURCES: Field Reports - https://www.tmai.org/updateMinistry Updates - https://www.tmai.org/subscribeOnline Giving - https://www.tmai.org/donateDevotional Book - https://www.tmai.org/devotionalFree Book - https://www.tmai.org/freebook► CONTACT US: Address - 13248 Roscoe Blvd, Sun Valley, CA 91352Phone - (818) 909-5570Email - info@tmai.org

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Substitutionary Atonement & Justification by Faith Alone Subtitle: Genesis 2022 Speaker: Joe Morecraft III Broadcaster: Heritage Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 3/5/2023 Bible: Genesis 15 Length: 61 min.

In this talk Cody dives into Substitutionary Atonement.

Streamed live on Nov 28, 2022 From Sean @ Kingdom In Context These awesome brothers join me for an in-depth discussion on the topic of substitutionary atonement: how it's taught by different groups and how Scripture defines it. Join us! Featuring: WesBlazeMuzik Matthew Janzen of Ministers of the New Covenant Michael Temperato Kingdom Seekers Founded Earth Brothers ~~~ Kingdom In Context: Follow Sean Griffin @Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Contextual Study Guide of Scripture You can support Sean @PayPal& Patreon Make personal check payable to Sean Griffin @ PO Box 1266, Ft. Collins, CO 80522 ~~~~~~~ From Me: Be Good Broadcast I just rebroadcast those spreading The Word Propagate it. Share it. Contact Me My Twitter Please RATE or REVIEW anywhere you can. If you get value from the rebroadcast please consider giving value back. Via Paypal CashApp Subscribestar Or Buy me a coffee --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/begoodbroadcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/begoodbroadcast/support

What is joy? Where can I find it? How can I develop it?There are nine Hebrew words translated as “joy” in the Old Testament. They describe: A deep feelingTaking delight in someone or somethingJoyfulness that accompanies musicTaking pleasure in somethingShouting for joyWhere Do I Find Joy?There are two kinds of joy: Temporal and EternalTemporal joy is found in the world. Temporal joy is not all bad. However, it will never bring lasting satisfaction (Eccl 2:1-2). And certainly, sin is enjoyable for a season (Heb 11:24-25), but the consequences are significant (Gal 6:7). Temporal joy is found in the world.Joy for today and forever is experienced only in Jesus.Temporal joy is circumstantial.Eternal joy is positional.DEVELOPING JOY1. Engage daily in God'sWord in a meaningful way. 2. Engage daily in meaningful prayer.3. Obedience4. Trials5. Focus on JesusWhat was the joy of the cross? The joy of doing the Father's will (Obedience).The joy of providing the way to God (Salvation). The joy of paying sin's penalty once and for all (Substitutionary Atonement).The joy of defeating death and Satan (Resurrection).The joy of celebrating his completed work (Exaltation). The joy of living in us through the Holy Spirit (Indwelling Presence). The joy of his return (Second Advent).The joy in presenting us blameless us to the Father (Justification: Declared not guilty and righteous). Joy for today and forever is experienced only in Jesus.---------DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOOREGet Ron's Daily Devotional to your inbox each morning; visit biblechapel.org/devo.LIVING GROUNDEDLearn more about how you can grow deeper and embrace the foundational truths of the Christian faith with Living Grounded. Whether you're just starting out in faith or you've been a Christian for years, Living Grounded offers truth, wisdom, and encouragement for every stage. Contact gdevore@biblechapel.org to get connected.CAREGIVINGDo you have a need we can pray for? Do you need someone to walk alongside you? Do you know of another person who needs care? Let us know at caregiving@biblechapel.org.CAMPUS FACEBOOK GROUPSYou're invited to connect with The Bible Chapel family in your campus Facebook Group. Look for Facebook Groups at facebook.com/biblechapel and click on Groups on the left side.FIND AN ENCOURAGER TODAY! JOIN A SMALL GROUPCommunity Groups are our easiest on-ramp to community at The Bible Chapel; these groups use sermon-based questions to dive deeper into weekly messages. Visit biblechapel.org/smallgroups to learn more and sign up!

Pastor Josiah and Ethan examine the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement and its scriptural backing.Secret Link

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In this episode, we're talking about the shortcomings of substitutionary atonement and Ignacio Ellacuria's The Crucified People. Substitutionary Atonement is a weird idea that gets Christians into all kinds of problems, but what if there's actually an interesting and helpful way to think about soteriology that isn't just making God an angry computer. Get the essay here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yaSdCWCjqsqofnwEimWOHHOGJnXK6B7O/view?usp=sharing Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themagnificast *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.com