1 Cor.XV, 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Rom.V, 12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13. For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
15. But not as the offense, so also is the free gift: for if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses unto justification.
17. For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
18. Therefore, as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Heb.IX, 27. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.
Job.XVI, 22. When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job.III, 23. Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Eccl.VIII, 8. There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
IsaiahLXIV, 6. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
JobXIV, 1. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
PsalmXXXIX, 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Gen.IV, 8. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10. And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Deut.XXXII, 39. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Eccl.XII, 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Gen.VI, 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Eph.II, 1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3. Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ.
Gen.VI, 11. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Gen.VI, 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Rom.III, 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13. Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15. Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16. Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17. And the way of peace have they not known:
18. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
PsalmXIV, 1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
2. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
JobXV, 16. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
PsalmV, 9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.
Rom.VI, 20. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
1 Cor.II, 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they arefoolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Matt.XXIII, 33. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
JohnVIII, 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
ActsVII, 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Rom.VIII, 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Eph.IV, 18. Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.
Rom.I, 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents.
Jer.XVII, 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Rom.VI, 23. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom.V, 17. For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign by one, Jesus Christ.
18. Therefore, as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Rom.VIII, 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom.V, 12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
IsaiahI, 4. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters! they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel into anger, they are gone away backward.
Jer.IV, 22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
JohnIII, 19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Prov.II, 14. Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked.
MicahVII, 3. That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
PsalmLVIII, 3. The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
IsaiahI, 6. From the sole of the foot even unto the head thereis no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Eccl.VIII, 11. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
MarkVII, 21. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23. All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
ActsXXVIII, 27. For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Eph.IV, 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.
Jer.XVII, 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Matt.XXIII, 26. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
2 PeterII, 12. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption:
13. And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14. Having eyes full of adultery, and that can not cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15. Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16. But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the prophet.
17. These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
18. For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Matt.III, 7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Gen.V, 3. And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
JohnVIII, 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Matt.VII, 17. Even so every good tree bringeth forth goodfruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Gen.VI, 11. The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.
12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
PsalmXIV, 1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
2. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
JohnIII, 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit is spirit.
Rom.VIII, 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom.VII, 14. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
1 JohnIII, 8. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 JohnIII, 10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Eph.IV, 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.
Col.II, 13. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses.
1 JohnII, 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Gen.VIII, 21. And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Prov.XXII, 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
PsalmLI, 5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Eccl.IX, 3. This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Matt.XXIII, 27. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
JohnV, 40. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Eph.II, 3. Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Rom.VIII, 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
JobXXI, 15. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
PsalmLXXXI, 11. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Prov.I, 24. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25. But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof.
Zech.VII, 11. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
Ex.V, 2. And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
JobXXI, 14. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Jer.V, 23. But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
Rom.I, 28. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31. Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32. Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Deut.XXXII, 18. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
PsalmL, 21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
IsaiahI, 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Jer.IV, 22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me, they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jer.VIII, 7. Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Eph.IV, 19. Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
PsalmLVIII, 4. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5. Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
PsalmLXXXII, 5. They know not, neither will they understand: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Prov.I, 22. How long, ye simpleones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Prov.I, 29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
30. They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Eph.IV, 18. Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.
1 Cor.II, 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2 Tim.III, 13. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Eph.II, 3. Among whom also we had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
TitusIII, 3. For we ourselves also were sometime foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
1 Pet.IV, 3. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4. Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you.
Jer.II, 22. For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
Jer.XVII, 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Eph.IV, 19. Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Rom.VIII, 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Jer.V, 23. But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
Eph.V, 14. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
JohnIII, 19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
JohnVII, 7. The world can not hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
JohnXV, 26. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.
Gen.VI, 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen.VIII, 21. And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Jer.III, 17. At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throneof the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
Jer.VII, 24. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Eph.IV, 17. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18. Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
19. Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
2 Cor.X, 5. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Eph.V, 14. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Rom.XI, 8. According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day.
JonahI, 6. So the shipmaster came unto him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Rom.VII, 18. For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19. For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Rom.VII, 23. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom.V, 6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Eph.II, 1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.
Eph.II, 5. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets.
2 Pet.II, 3. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Rom.III, 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13. Their throat is an open sepulcher: with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15. Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16. Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17. And the way of peace have they not known.
Atonementis the satisfaction offered to Divine justice by the death of Christ for the sins of mankind, by virtue of which all true penitents, who believe in Christ, are personally reconciled to God, are freed from the penalty of their sins, and entitled to eternal life. The atonement made for sin by the death of Christ is represented in the Christian system as the means by which mankind may be delivered from eternal death, reconciled to God, and restored to the Divine image. These ends it professes to accomplish by means which, with respect to the Supreme Governor himself, preserve his character from mistake, and maintain the authority of his government; and with respect to man, give him the strongest reasons for hope, and render more favorable the conditions of his earthly probation.
How sin may be forgiven without leading to such misconceptions of the Divine character as would encourage disobedience, and thereby weaken the influence of the Divine government, must be considered a problem of very difficult solution. A government which admitted of no forgiveness would sink the guilty to despair. A government which never punishes offense is a contradiction—it can not exist. Not to punish the guilty is to dissolve authority; to punish without mercy is to destroy, and, where all are guilty, to make thedestruction universal. Through the atonement all the ends of government are answered. No license is given to offense. The moral law is unrepealed. A day of judgment is still appointed. Future and eternal punishments still display their awful sanctions. A new and singular display of the awful purity of the Divine character is afforded; yet pardon is offered to all who seek it, and the whole world may be saved.
With such evidence of suitableness to the wants of mankind, under such lofty views of connection with the principles and ends of moral government, does the doctrine of the atonement present itself. The Scriptures speak on this wise. The first declaration on this subject, after the appearance of Christ, is from John the Baptist, when he beheld Christ coming to him: "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of world." There can be no doubt that John spoke of Christ under a sacrificial character, and of the effect of that sacrifice as an atonement for the sins of mankind. In the Acts of the Apostles, Philip, the Evangelist, applies the following words of Isaiah to Christ and his death: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth; in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and who shall declare his generation, for his life is taken from the earth." If this applied to Christ, of course the whole of the prophecy, of which this is but a part, applies to him. "He was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed: the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."
"While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more, being now justified by his blood, we shallbe saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." Rom. v, 8-10.
"Now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Heb. ix, 26-28.
"For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell; and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet hath he now reconciled in the body of his flesh through death." Col. i, 19-22.
"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." 2 Cor. v, 19.
"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us." Gal. iii, 13.
"Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Rev. iii, 24.
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace." Eph. i, 7.
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." 1 Peter i, 18, 19.
"And ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price." 1 Cor. vi, 19, 20.
"The Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many." Matt. xx, 28.
"Who gave himself a ransom for all." 1 Tim. ii, 6.
"In whom we have redemption through his blood." Eph. i, 7.
These passages clearly teach that the death of Christ is an atonement for sin, a satisfaction offered to Divine justice, the price for our ransom, and the meritorious and procuring cause of our pardon. "We are freely justified by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;" but this redemption was not procured by us, nor at our expense; it was the result of the pure love of God, who, compassionating our misery, himself provided the means of our deliverance, by sending his only begotten Son into the world, who voluntarily submitted to die upon the cross that he might become the propitiation for our sins, and reconcile us to God.
Throughout the whole of this glorious doctrine of our redemption from the tremendous evils of sin, there is, in the New Testament, a constant reference to theredemption price, which is uniformly declared to be the death of Christ, which he endured in our stead.
Rom.III, 19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20. Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Rom.III, 31. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Gal.II, 16. Knowing that a manis not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Gal.III, 10. For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15. Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth thereto.
16. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, and to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17. And this I say, That the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, can not disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19. Wherefore then serveth the law? it was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20. Now, a mediator is not a mediator of one: but God is one.
21. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterward be revealed.
24. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Heb.IX, 22. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
ActsXIII, 38. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins;
39. And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
ActsIV, 12. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
JohnIII, 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Matt.XVIII, 11. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
IsaiahLIII, 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Matt.XX, 28. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
JohnVI, 51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Matt.XXVI, 28. For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Heb.IX, 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Heb.IX, 28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Eph.II, 13. But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometime were far off, were made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Eph.V, 2. And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
Gal.II, 20. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Gal.III, 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.
1 Cor.V, 7. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.
1 Cor.XV, 3. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.
Rom.III, 24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God:
26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom.V, 6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Rom.V, 19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Heb.XIII, 12. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
1 PeterI, 18. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19. But with the previous blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
1 PeterII, 24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 PeterIII, 18. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the spirit.
Heb.X, 10. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God;
13. From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14. For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.
Heb.X, 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
1 JohnIII, 5. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
JohnIII, 14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
IsaiahXXXV, 10. For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
1 Tim.II, 6. Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1 Cor.VI, 20. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Cor.I, 30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.
Rev.V, 9. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.
Rev.V, 4. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to read the book, neither to look thereon.