Particular Atonement
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
9/24/2017 PM
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Text:
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John 10:11,15
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Psalters: |
112, 151, 60, 261 |
- The atonement.
- The good Shepherd gave (laid down) His life for the sheep.
- This willing self-sacrificing action was effective in saving the sheep from their predators, picturing Jesus’ atoning death.
- Redemption was accomplished.
- Jesus’ death actually atoned, and actually saved; He did not just make atonement possible.
- He reconciled us (Rom. 5:10); redeemed us (Gal. 3:13), and ransomed us (Matt. 20:28).
- Romans 6 teaches that those united to Christ in His death are dead to sin and alive to God and will be raised to glory.
- Through what He did, they are freed from all guilt and condemnation and are constituted righteous before God.
- The atonement was limited.
- Since every human is not saved, a limitation must be admitted by all (unless there is universal salvation, everyone saved).
- Scripture does not contradict itself, so passages as John 3:16 and I John 2:2 are to be considered in light of the whole.
- Instead Scripture declares that Jesus died for His sheep not the goats (text; Matt. 25:33); His people (Matt. 1:21), His friends (John 15:13,14), His church (Acts 20:28; Eph. 5:25); the many, not everybody head for head (Matt. 20:28; 26:28; Heb. 9;28).
- What was intended and accomplished by Christ’s saving work?
- Jesus came to save sinners, not to enable men to save themselves: Matt. 1:21; I Tim. 1:15; Titus 2:14; I Peter 3:18.
- Jesus was sent into the world to save those given Him by the Father and none is lost (Jn. 6:37-40; 10:11,14-18,24-29).
- Scripture shows that as a result of what Jesus did, all the blessings of salvation are secured for His people.
- All the spiritual blessings such as sonship, redemption, forgiveness results from our being “in Christ” which is traced back to our having been chosen by God in election (Eph. 1:3-12).