Chapter VII: The Atonement

I. Sin and sacrifice in relation to the Atonement 275-276

1. Twofold character of sin:--

(_a_) A state of alienation from God 276-277

(_b_) A state of guilt 277-279

2. Twofold character of sacrifice:--

(_a_) The expression of man's original relation to God 279-280

(_b_) The expiation of sin, and propitiation of wrath 280-281

Both aspects shewn in the ceremonies of the Mosaic Law 281-282

3. Inadequacy of man's offerings to satisfy sense of
personal guilt 282-285

II. The death of Christ answers to the demands of the sense of
sin and of the desire for forgiveness 285

1. Christ's death a sacrifice of propitiation:--

(_a_) Of the wrath of God, which is--

(1) The hostility of Divine Nature to sin 285-287

(2) The expression of the eternal law of
righteousness 288

(_b_) By virtue--

(1) Of the obedience manifested by Him 289-290

(2) Of His recognition of the Divine justice 290

(3) Of His death as the necessary form of both 290-292

The propitiatory character of His death shewn--

(i.) By the general relation between
physical and spiritual death 292-293

(ii.) Because of the nature of Him who
endured it 293-294

(iii.) Because of the results flowing from it 294

(_c_) On behalf of men, for He is our Representative--

(1) As Victim, by His perfect humanity our
sinbearer 294-297

(2) As Priest, able to offer what man could not 297-298

The true vicariousness of His Priesthood 298

2. Christ's death the source of life 298-299

(_a_) As delivering us from sin 299

(_b_) As bestowing new life 299

(_c_) As uniting us to God 299

But only as connected with and issuing in the
Resurrection and Ascension 300-301

3. Christ's death in relation to man's responsibility 301

(_a_) The Atonement, being forgiveness, must remit
some of the consequences of sin 301-302

(_b_) But our mystical union with Christ ensures
our share in the sacrifice 302-303

(1) Not in its propitiation, which we can only
plead 303-304

(2) But by faith which accepts it and recognises
its justice 304-305

(3) And by following Him in obedience through
suffering 305-307

III. Consideration of certain erroneous statements of the
doctrine 307

1. The implied divergence of Will in the Godhead 307-308

2. The view of Redemption as wrought for us, not in us 308

3. The view that Christ redeemed us by taking our
punishment instead of us 309

(1) The essential punishment of alienation He could not
bear 309

(2) The penal sufferings which He bore are not remitted
to us 309

(3) But He bore them that we, like Him, may bear them
sacrificially, not as punishment 309-310

IV. Short summary.

1. The death of Christ as propitiatory } tested by
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2. His death as transforming pain and death } experience 310-312