1. God’s Method of Reconciliation10
God’s Method of Reconciliation

2. What are the 3 Major Doctrines of the Bible?
Question #1
What are the 3 Major Doctrines of the Bible?

3. God knew in advance that those in Christ would be saved.
Question #2: Yes or No
God knew in advance that those in Christ would be saved.

4. Question #2: Yes or No
God chose, in advance, some for eternal life and other for eternal destruction.

5. Original sin refers to the first sin ever committed.
Question #2: Yes or No
Original sin refers to the first sin ever committed.

6. Man controls his spiritual destiny.
Question #2: Yes or No
Man controls his spiritual destiny.

7. Question #3
Name and three sub-doctrines mentioned in connection with the doctrine of Reconciliation.

8. Major Doctrines Reconciliation Predestination Inspiration of the Bible
Divinity of Christ
Original Goodness
Fall of Man
Reconciliation
Election
Predestination

9. Review
Election explains how God chose Jesus Christ as the instrument through whom He would offer salvation to all men.

10. Review
Predestination describes the fact that because of His eternal nature, God knew in advance that those who would be united to Christ by faith would surely be reconciled to Him.

11. God always knew that those in Christ would be saved.
Atonement
God always knew that those in Christ would be saved.

12. Atonement Atonement Reconciliation “To Cause a Change” Predestination
Election
Atonement
“To Cause a Change”

13. Atonement The Problem – Sin - Isaiah 59:1-2
1 Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so short that it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
- Isaiah 59:1-2

14. Atonement
The Problem - Sin
The Extent - Universal

15. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
- Romans 3:23

16. 12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned — 13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
- Romans 5:12-13

17. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
- Romans 5:14

18. Man/Nature - Man/Man - Man/God
Atonement
The Problem - Sin
The Extent Universal
The Result Estrangement
Man/Nature - Man/Man - Man/God

19. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

20. The Solution - Reconciliation with God.
Atonement
The Problem Sin
The Extent Universal
The Result Estrangement
The Solution - Reconciliation with God.

21. For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- Romans 5:6

22. Atonement
Justice
Mercy

23. 16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”
- Genesis 2:16-17

24. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 3:16

25. The Method - Atonement Atonement The Problem - Sin
The Extent Universal
The Result Estrangement
The Solution Reconciliation with God
The Method - Atonement

26. Atonement C H R I S T
Justice
Mercy

27. and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
- I Peter 2:24

28. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

29. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- I John 4:9-10

30. Personal Atonement
God’s Justice requires a sinless life to be offered, not just a good life.

31. Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.
- Romans 5:12

32. So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
- Romans 5:18

33. Quality of Jesus’ Life - Perfect Value of Jesus’ Life - Divine
Atonement
Quality of Jesus’ Life - Perfect Value of Jesus’ Life - Divine

34. Atonement
Only Jesus has a perfect life acceptable to God and a Divine nature capable of atoning for all men not just Adam.