The Atonement Of Christ

There are three views of the atonement of Christ. One is that He died for all men and all men will ultimately be saved. The next is that He died for all men; some of them will be saved and some will not. The other is that He died for the elect and all of them will be saved. The first view cannot be supported from Scripture. There is a place called hell. This view denies that. The second view denies that the blood of Christ is sufficient to save. He can pay for your sins and you can still be in hell. It makes salvation depend on human works. The third view is not a view, but the Truth! The other two are a denial of the Truth! There is no Gospel in the first two views. The third is a declaration of the Truth of the Gospel! “Who is he that condemneth, it is Christ who died, yea rather, who is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God: who also maketh intercession for us.” Pastor Todd Nibert

The Righteousness of God

What do you know about the righteousness of God? Not only His personal and essential righteousness, but the righteousness and holiness He requires of all who would “see the Lord,” and the righteousness He has purchased and provided for them? I can show you from the Scriptures the awful and awesome importance of the subject.

Jeremiah 23:5-6; The very NAME of our Redeemer is, “THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.”

Romans 1:16-17; The heart and essence of the gospel is to reveal THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.

2 Corinthians 5:20-21; Our Lord’s being made sin and dying on the cross for us was in order that we might be made, “THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GODin Him.”

Romans 10:1-4; The Apostle pronounces all religious people unsaved who are ignorant of THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD and who are seeking to establish their own righteousness.

Matthew 5:20; Our Lord declares that a person will not enter into the kingdom of God unless he has a righteousness that exceeds any holiness produced by the best man on earth. This righteousness is THE RIGHTEOUNESS OF GOD which is by the obedience, faithfulness, and death of the Lord Jesus Christ.

“David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works” (Romans 4:6).

“Christ Jesus is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth” (Romans 10:4).

Pastor Henry T. Mahan (bulletin 1988)

Complete In Christ

All that is necessary to secure our eternal salvation is to be found in the Lord Jesus Christ (Phil. 4:19). There is a completion or a complete filling up in Him, so as to leave nothing lacking in the sinner. In the Lord Jesus Christ dwells all the fullness of God (Col. 2:9-10).

All that is lacking in us by our ruin and sin in Adam is abundantly, freely and eternally supplied to us in the Lord Jesus Christ, "Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Rom. 5:20-21).

His perfect obedience is our righteousness (Phil. 2:7-8).

His sacrifice for sin is our atonement (Heb. 2:17).

His word is our instruction (2Tim. 3:16).

His wisdom is our direction (Col. 2:3).

His power is our protection (1Peter 1:5).

His blood sacrifice is our justification (Rom. 5:9).

His grace is our salvation (Rom. 3:24).

His eternal love is our security (Rom. 8:32-39).

His everlasting mercy is our hope (Lam. 3:22-26).

His fullness is our completeness (John 1:16).

His immutability is our strength (Mal. 3:6).

His resurrection is the guarantee of our full and final glory (Rom. 4:25; Rev. 1:18).

His intercession is the assurance of all our deliverance from sin (Heb. 7:25; I John 2:1).