“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” ~ Luke 24:30-31, NRSV

“I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” ~ John 10:9, NASB

“We proclaim Christ crucified.” ~ Paul, 1 Corinthians 1:23, NRSV

“The harlot, the liar, the murderer are short of it; but so are you. Perhaps they stand at the bottom of a mine, and you are on the crest of an alp; but you are as little able to touch the stars as they.” ~ Bishop Handley Moule

“Justified”= “Just-as-if-I’d Never Sinned”

“Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.” ~ Galatians 3:24, NRSV

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." ~ Mark 10:45, NASB

“He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” ~ Colossians 1:13, NRSV

“Atonement”= “At – one – ment”

Gk., “hilasterion“ = Lit., “place of atonement”

“Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover [“mercy seat”, NASB, NRSV]. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.” ~ Hebrews 9:5, NIV

PROPITIATIONOREXPIATION?

(Our) Sin + (God’s) Wrath + (Our/His) Sacrifice = Mercy

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” ~ John 10:27, NIV

“Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.” ~ Galatians 3:24, NRSV

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." ~ Mark 10:45, NASB

“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.” ~ Colossians 2:15, NRSV