Did Jesus Die “In Our Place”? (III)
Galatians 3:13 (NKJV) “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us [huper hēmōn] (for it is written, ‘CURSED IS EVERYONE WH...
Month: May 2016
Did Jesus Die “In Our Place”? (II)
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV) “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us [huper hēmōn], that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (emphasis min...
Did Jesus Die “In Our Place”?
It is argued by those in the anti-vicarious-death-of-Jesus camp that the Bible nowhere teaches that Jesus died “in our place” or “in our stead.” One such propon...
Expiation, Propitiation, And The Atoning Work Of Christ (VI—Conclusion)
Objection # 4 This objection claims, even if tacitly, that “Grace isn’t fair.” Truth be told, there’s a very real sense in which it isn’t, and this is what make...
Expiation, Propitiation, And The Atoning Work Of Christ (V)
Objection # 3 Some who reject the substitutionary death of Jesus argue it would have been sinful for Jesus to die in our stead. One of these argued that the fac...
Expiation, Propitiation, And The Atoning Work Of Christ (IV)
Objection # 2 Those who reject the substitutionary death of Jesus claim that if He actually died in our place, then one of two results must be true—UNIVERSAL SA...
Expiation, Propitiation, And The Atoning Work Of Christ (III)
Objection # 1 Those who reject the vicarious (substitutionary) death of Jesus are known to ask the following question: “How is it that the same Jesus who was re...