Roots of the Faith - The Works of Christ (Part 1) - 11/29/23

Resources for this Study

50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith – Gregg R. Allision

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine – Wayne Grudem

Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth – John MacArthur & Richard Mayhue

Basic Christian Doctrines – Curt Daniel

What did Jesus accomplish when He died on the cross?

INTRO

• The offices of Christ: Prophet, Priest, and King.

• The Works of Jesus Christ. His work on the cross.

• Jesus died on the cross in place of sinners that He might purchase their freedom, reconcile them to God, and thereby satisfy the righteous demands of a holy and just God.
  

Substitution

• Romans 5:6-8;1 Peter 2:21-24

• He is the Passover Lamb.

• He died instead of sinners and in their place.

• He bore the penalty
  

Propitiation

• Romans 3:21-26; Hebrews 2:17; 1 John 4:7-10

• On the cross, Jesus bore our sin and guilt.

• Jesus faced the wrath of God in instead of us, and fully paid on our behalf the debt we owed.

• Because God is holy and righteous, He cannot overlook sin, through the work of Jesus Christ, God is fully satisfied that His righteous standard has been met.

• Through union with Christ, the believer can now be accepted by God and be spared His wrath.

• Propitiation is Godward; God’s holiness is vindicated and satisfied by the death of Christ.

Propitiation means “averting the wrath of God by the offering of a gift.” It refers to the turning away of the wrath of God as the just judgment of our sin by God’s own provision of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. – Ligon Duncan

Redemption

• Mark 10:45; Ephesians 1:7

• The act of being set free from the bondage of sin. In NT times, the word conveyed being bought in the marketplace.

• In regard to the bondage of sin, it conveys in the NT:

  • Being purchased

  • Being removed

  • Being set free

• Redemption is sinward; mankind was in bondage and sin and in need of release from the bondage and slavery to sin.