Sermon Tone Analysis

Definition

The atonement is the work Christ did in his life and death to earn our salvation.

I would amend this definition by adding: “The atonement is the work Christ and God the Father did in his life and death to earn our salvation.”

Sacrifice

Isaiah 53:6 “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

Hebrews 10:12 “But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,”

Propitiation

Propitiation means to appease God.

Isaiah 53:10 “Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.”

1 John 2:2 “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.”

Substitution

Genesis 3:21 “And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.”

Genesis 22:13-14 “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns.

And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.””

2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 5:19 “that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.”

The Atonement Shows:

John 3:16 ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

The Love of God

The Holiness of God

Why The Atonement Matters:

Gave us a perfect example of the type of dedication God desires of us.

Demonstrated the great extent of God’s love.

Underscored the seriousness of sin and the severity of God’s righteousness.

Triumphed over the forces of sin and death.

Rendered satisfaction to the Father for our sins.