Ch. 10: What Is the Atonement? Part 1

What is the ultimate reason Christ came to earth?

• God's love and justice

• God's truth and forgiveness

• Our pride and prejudice

• Our sin and perfection

Was the atonement necessary?

• Technically no, since God didn't need to save us. However, because He chose to save some, the atonement is absolutely necessary.

• Yes, God had to save us, and the only way to do it was through the suffering of Christ.

• No, God could have saved us some other way besides Jesus suffering for us.

• Maybe, we're not really sure.

According to our definition, the atonement is the work Christ did in His ___ and ___ to earn our salvation.

• life

• death

• birth

• resurrection

What is Christ's active obedience?

• Him living a perfect life of obedience

• Him suffering for us in both His life and death

• Him suffering for us in His life

• Him suffering for us in His death

What is Christ's passive obedience?

• Him living a perfect life of obedience

• Him suffering for us in both His life and death

• Him suffering for us in His life

• Him suffering for us in His death

If Jesus only died for us...

• our sins would be forgiven and we would be good to go for the rest of our life

• our sins would be forgiven but we would still have to live a perfect rest of our life

• God would impute Christ's lifelong record of obedience to us

• we would become positively righteous rather than have a neutral morality

What four ways did we discuss that Christ suffered at the cross?

• Physical pain and death

• Psychological pain

• The pain of being alone

• God's wrath being poured on Him

• Him having no hope while on the cross

What stood out to you most from this week's lesson? Be as specific as possible.