Precisely That

**Rowland Croucher**

2008-07-22 00:58:47 UTC

Post by Frank
The world can believe that
Jesus is the Son of God,
that he was born on earth,
that he lived a perfect life,
that he went to the cross for us
and paid for our sins
and gave his life for us
and rose again
and ascended into heaven.
But despite believing all that,
the world will not trust him
to be our Righteous Substitute.
It just cannot believe that Jesus
is our righteousness for us.
But that is precisely what
Protestants originally believed
and what those who believe
the gospel does not change
should still believe,
and some do.

And Protestants might be limited in their view of the Atonement...

There are three traditional theories of the Atonement: a demonstration
of love, the bearing of sin's penalty, and victory over evil. These may
have had more appeal to earlier ages than our own... Australian New
Testament scholar Dr. Leon Morris suggests that we might also see the
cross addressing problems of futility and frustration (see Romans 8:20,
Hebrews 2:8-9); sickness and death (Isaiah 53:4, Matthew 8:17);
ignorance (Jeremiah 17:9, 1 Timothy 2:4); loneliness (Genesis 2:18, Mark
15:34, Romans 8:38-39); and selfishness (Luke 9:23, Galatians 2:10,
Romans 6:4). (More http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/12508.htm )
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