THE ATONEMENT
Man Being Reconciled To God
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Introduction
Text:
Romans 5: 1-11
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There is a Thread, a Thought, that is woven
throughout the New Testament.
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It is the Greatest Story ever told!
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The Story of the “Atonement” of Mankind.
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However………….. It is not always taken as serious
as it should be.
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“…Light and erroneous views of the atonement
come from light and erroneous views of Sin. If
sin is regarded as merely an offence against
man, a weakness of human nature, a mere
disease, rather than a rebellion, transgression,
and enmity against God, therefore, something
condemning and punishable, we shall not, of
course, see any necessity for the atonement.”
William Evans, The Great Doctrines of the Bible
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Why does man even need to be concerned with
this topic?
Mankind's sins have separated us from God, God
has never moved from His position.
In order for mankind to once again be
“At-One-Ment” with God, it required that Jesus
provide the means of reconciliation.
We will learn what that means and requires.
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Man began At-One With God
Genesis 1:26 & 27
 “Let us make man…”
 “So God created man in His own
imagine…”
 Genesis 1:31
 “And God saw everything He had made,
and, behold it was very good…”
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Overview
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As noted above, everything God created was
“very good,” in a perfect condition, when He
completed His creation, this included mankind.
He explained to mankind his role in this creation
and how to maintain his standing in the eyes of
God. Genesis 1:28 &29, Genesis 2:15,16 &17
Mankind did not heed God’s words and therefore
we became separated from God by sin. Genesis
3:1-24, especially noting verses 22 – 24.
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WHAT HAPPENED? ------------------------ SIN!!!!
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ISAIAH 59:1&2 tells us;
(1)“ Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it
cannot save, neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
(2) But your iniquities have separated between you and
your God, and your sins have hid his face from you,
that he will not hear….”
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon
all men, for that all have sinned.
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Therefore;
ROMANS 5:8 -11 “ But God commended His love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us. (9) Much more then, being now justified
by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
Him. (10) For if, when we were enemies we were
reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. (11) And not
only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the
ATONEMENT [reconciliation].
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Vocabulary
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Glossary of terms
Sin - “…all unrighteousness is sin…” I John 5:17
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“ …for sin is the transgression of the law.” I John 3:4
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Death and Sin are Synonymous Romans 5:12
Propitiation – To appease - offered in appeasement.
I John 4:10 God’s justice must be satisfied – appeased!
Jesus became the “propitiation” for our sins, He was given as the
appeasement for our sins.
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Vocabulary cont…
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Atonement – The redemptive life and death of Christ
that reconciles man to God; To be “At-One” with God
again. Romans 5:11
Reconciled [reconciliation] – The operation/act that
makes one compatible, I John 4:10
Justified – To declare free from blame, freed from the
penalty of sin (JUST-AS-IF-I-HAD-NOT-SINNED)
Romans 5:1, to be a peace with God.
Life - I John 4:9 & 5:11 &12 - He that has Christ
has Life – that which constitutes “existence.”
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The Visual Story
Man created
sinless Heaven Bound.
Had man not sinned, this would have been the path
Sin
The Fall
Man LEFT the path to life.
Blood applied
Reconciled
Point of
choice
Jesus pays the price for
man’s sins, makes the AtOne-Ment possible
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Heaven
Life
HELL
Death
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How to be At-One with God Again.
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One must first realize the seriousness and outcome of Sin. That it,
SIN, brings death to All, Romans 6:23a, “For the wages of sin is
death…”
Romans 5:12 Sin separates one from God Isaiah 59:1&2
To be At-One with God is through “the faith of the operation of
God.” Colossians 2:12
Man moved away from God, God provide a way back to Him.
“…but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.” Romans 6:23b
(11) “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life,
and this life is in His Son. (12) He that hath the Son of God hath
life and he that hath not the Son hath not Life.” I John 5:11&12
“For as many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on
Christ” Galatians 3:27.
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How to be At-One with God Again.
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Paul tells us more about this in,
ROMANS 6:2-14
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Those baptized into Christ have been freed from the
penalty of sin.
Note vs. 3 - Paul tells more of the story, as stated in
Galatians 3:27, those who have been baptized into
Christ and put Him on, have been baptized into His
Death;
Die to sin --------------------------------------- Raise to live
Note vs. 11
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How to be At-One with God Again.
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This is accomplished through Obedient
Faith in the “Operation” or “Working” of
God;
“Buried with Him in Baptism in which you
also were raised with him through faith in the
operation (working) of God, who raised him
from dead.”
Colossians 2:12-13
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What Must I Do To Live?
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In Acts 2 the people heard (Romans 10:17) the Gospel
Message, they believed (Mark 16:16), what they heard
and asked, “Men and brethren “What shall we do?”, they
were told to Repent and be Baptized (Vs. 38) in order to
wash away their sins (Acts 22:16), their baptism would
have followed their Confession of their belief in Christ as
the Living Son of God (Acts 8:36, 37 & 38). Once this
has been accomplished, one has “put on Christ” and is
now At-One with God, God now sees you through the
Blood (Appeasement) of His Son. You have been made
Alive.
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Summary and Conclusion
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Man was created in a sinless state, God saw everything
created and it was “very good.”
Man sinned, transgressed – man Left the way of God,
and was “separated” from God, - DEAD.
Not God from man, but man from God.
God provided a means for man to COME BACK TO
LIFE ------------------------AT-ONE-MENT.
Christ is that Way.
What will Mankind, what you choose to do with this
message?
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Works Cited:
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The Great Doctrines of the Bible, William Evans, Moody Press,
Copyright 1912, 1939, 1949, 1974 ISBN 0-8024-3301-4
The Atonement, Charles Aebi, Ohio Valley College, New Testament
Thought.
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