The Accomplishment of Salvation
The Atonement
Christ's Substitutionary Work
Description
At the cross, Jesus Christ accomplished the salvation of His people by offering Himself as a substitute, bearing the penalty they deserved. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. The Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all. This is penal substitutionary atonement: Christ bore the penalty (penal) in our place (substitutionary). His sacrifice propitiated God's wrath, redeemed us from sin's slavery, and reconciled us to God. He ransomed us not with silver and gold but with His precious blood. The cross is the wisdom and power of God unto salvation.
Key Verses
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. 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.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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.
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.
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.
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.