THE 100 Quiz 4

Truly Man & Truly God

Unity of one person, necessary in order for the mediator to be our savior

Truly God

Omnipresence, eternality, omnipotence, deity, exact representative of God

Truly Man

Flesh & Blood, Hunger, Thirst, Sorrow, Fatigue

Single most important event in history

Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Most important question

“Is Jesus alive today or not?”

If Christ is not raised…

Faith is useless, Christians are liars, sinners are guilty, the dead are condemned, Christians are to be pitied

Significance of the Resurrection

God accepted Jesus sacrifice, His people will one day rise, the basis for believers living a new life in Christ

3 Things to Become a Christian

I am a sinner, Jesus died on the cross to save sinners, the only way to have sins forgiven is to trust in Christ

Framework of Salvation 

The Father plans salvation, The Son accomplishes salvation, The Holy Spirit applies salvation

The Father Plans Salvation

• God has a right to show mercy, wrath, if he didn’t sovereignly save some none would be saved

• Scripture teaches that God is sovereign in salvation

Atonement

 the payment of the death penalty for sin

Because of Sin

• Man deserves death

• Man is legally guilty before God 

• God's wrath and anger is upon man 

• Man is separated from God 

• Man is under the influence of the Devil

Most Fundamental Event of the Atonement

Jesus took the full punishment that we deserved for our sins as a substitute in our place and that all other benefits find their anchor in this truth

Jesus Active Obedience

Lived a perfectly righteous life, fulfilling all requirements of the Law in order to merit his people eternal life

Jesus Passive Obedience

subjecting himself to suffering and ultimately death in order to merit his people eternal life 

Questions Under Consideration (extent of atonement)

• For whom did Jesus die? 

• Did Jesus die for all people?

• Did Jesus die only for certain people?

• Did Jesus' death actually save people?

• Did Jesus' death only create the possibility of people being saved?

Two Views of Atonement

• Jesus died for every human being, thus creating the possibility that some people would be saved. Limits the atonement in terms of power

• Jesus died specifically for His people, thus ensuring their salvation. This limits the atonement in terms of its extent.

Jesus died for every human being, thus creating the possibility that some people would be saved.

Limits the atonement in terms of power

Jesus died specifically for His people, thus ensuring their salvation.

Limits the atonement in terms of its extent

Jesus’s Expiation

Removal of guilt

Jesus’s Propitiation

Turning away of Gods wrath

Jesus’s Reconciliation

Removal of separation between man and God