The Things Given in Salvation. Reconciliation, Propitiation, Justification

Review

Full Redemption

Obtained by Christ’s blood, Hebrews 9:24

Eternal, Hebrews 9:12

Ransomed from the Sin Nature, Romans 6:10

Reconciliation

Reconciliation is to find an acceptable way to deal with two opposing parties

Reconciliation is required before salvation can be offered

Reconciled by the Death of Christ

While we were still sinners, Romans 5:8

Romans 5:8

But God commended His own love unto us, because while we were yet sinners, Christ died on our behalf.

As Enemies We Were Reconciled, Romans 5:10

Romans 5:10

For since being enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by His life.

We Have Received Reconciliation, Romans 5:11

Romans 5:11

And not only, but also boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom now we have received the reconciliation.

Reconciliation to the World

Reconciliation is not Salvation

Reconciliation makes salvation possible

Reconciliation found an acceptable way for a righteous God to deal with unrighteous beings through the death of Christ

The Rejection of Israel is the Reconciling of the World, Romans 11:15

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For since their rejection is a reconciliation concerning [the] world, what is the receiving except life out from death?

Israel as a nation rejected the salvation offered

Israel will accept it in the future - How Much Great It will, as life out from death

We Are Given the Ministry of Reconciliation, 2 Corinthians 5:18

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Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

God is not Imputing Trespasses, 2 Corinthians 5:19

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that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

As Ambassadors of Christ We Take the Word of Reconciliation to the World. 2 Corinthians 5:20

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Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

Reconciliation is Possible Because Christ is a Propitiation for Sins

Through His blood, Romans 3:25

Romans 3:25

Whom God before set forth a propitiation through the faith by His blood unto a demonstration of His righteousness because of the deferral of punishment of the sins having previously happened

For All Sins, Including the World, 1 John 2:2

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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

An Expression of Love by God, 1 John 4:10

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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.

When God Loved the World He Gave His Son, John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

God is Not Loving the World Now, It Was a Single Expression of His Love

Propitiation Prior to Christ

The Ark of the Covenant Served as the Propitiation for Israel, Hebrews 9:5

Hebrews 9:5 (NKJV)

and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat (ἱλαστήριον). Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

The Gentiles were not offered reconciliation except through Israel

Justification

A lawful or sufficient reason for one’s acts or omissions. any fact that prevents an act from being wrongful

Justification is Through the Resurrection of Christ, Romans 4:25

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Who was given over because of our trespasses and was raised because of our justification.

The Gift of Righteousness Results in Justification, Romans 5:16

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And the gift is not as through one having sinned. For on the one hand judgment out from one [having sinned] unto condemnation, on the other hand the gracious gift out from many trespasses unto justification.

Removes Condemnation, Romans 5:18

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Therefore then, as through one trespass unto all men into condemnation, thus also through one righteousness unto all men into justification of life.

Justification Cannot Come Through Works of the Law, Romans 3:20

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Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Justification is Through Grace, Romans 3:24

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being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Justification Out From Faith, Romans 3:30

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since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Those Who Seek Justification Through Law Have Fallen From Grace, Galatians 5:4

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You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

God is Justified in Deferring Punishment of Sin Through the Propitiation of Christ, Romans 3:26

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to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Justification Gives Us Peace with God, Romans 5:1

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Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Justification Saves Us from Wrath, Romans 5:9

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Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

We Are not Appointed Unto Any Wrath, 1 Thessalonians 5:9

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For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Christ Death Imputed to Us, Justifies us from the Sin Nature, Romans 6:7

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For he who has died has been freed from sin.

We Now Have a Legal Right of Freedom from Sin

Through Christ’s Death and Resurrection Imputed to Us the Sin Nature Has Been Rendered Ineffective, Romans 6:6

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knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

Justification is a Work of God, Romans 8:30

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Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Reconciliation

Justification