The Life, Death, And Ressurection Of Christ Flashcards
(38 cards)
The Scriptures reveal a God who has an _____.
overwhelming concern for the salvation of humanity
The members of the ____ are allied in the work of bringing people back into a union with their Creator
Godhead
The Divine Initiative.
When Adam and Eve sinned, God took the ____ in searching for them. Yet in their absolutely hopeless situation He revealed a wonderful plan promising ultimate victory over ___ and ___
initiative
sin and death
God’s character reveals a unique blending of ___ and ____, of a willingness to clear the ____. Only in the person of ____ can we understand how these qualities of character can be reconciled to each other.
grace and justice
guilty
Christ
Though God is merciful, He cannot forgive those who ____.
cling to sin
_____ has a purpose.
God wants to change ____ into ____
Pardon
sinners into saints
This is what Scripture calls God’s reaction to sin and unrighteousness.
Divine wrath
____ of God’s revealed will-His law-provokes His righteous anger or wrath
Deliberate rejection
Even the human response to God’s offer of salvation does not originate with ____ but with God. Our ___ is but a gift of God, as is our _____
human beings
faith
repentance
The good news is that “God was in Christ reconciling the world to ____” His reconciliation restores the relationship between ____ and _____ . God took the initiative in _____ the broken relationship between humanity and Himself
Himself
God and the human race
restoring
Many Christians limit the term _____ exclusively to the redeeming effects of Christ’s incarnation, suffering, and death.
In the sanctuary services, however, ______ not only involved the killing of the sacrificial lamb but also included the priestly ministering of its shed blood in the sanctuary itself
atonement
______ at Calvary marked the
turning point in the relationship between
God and humanity. Though there is record of people’s sins, as a result of the reconciliation God does not _____
Christ’s atoning sacrifice
count their sins against
them
For a loving God
to maintain His justice and righteousness, the _____ became “a moral and legal necessity.”
atoning death of Jesus Christ
Therefore, the _____ is a demonstration of both God’s mercy and His justice.
cross
______is pleasing to God because this sacrificial offering took away the barrier between God and sinful man in that Christ fully bore God’s wrath on man’s sin.
Christ’s self-sacrifice
Through Christ, ____ is not turned into love but is turned away from man and borne by Himself.
God’s wrath
“Christ’s self-sacrifice is pleasing to God because this sacrificial offering took away the barrier between God and sinful man in that Christ fully bore God’s wrath on man’s sin. Through Christ, God’s wrath is not turned into love but is turned away from man and borne by Himself.”
Who said this?
Raoul Dederen
An important concept in the plan of salvation: The ____ and ____ that have defiled us can be transferred to our _____, making us clean
sins and guilt
Sin-bearer
The _____ played a central role in the atoning sacrifices of the sanctuary service.
blood
The New Testament reveals that the Old Testament ceremonies for obtaining forgiveness, purification, and
reconciliation through ______ were fulfilled in the _____
substitutionary blood
atoning blood of Christ’s Calvary sacrifice
Through _____, who testified that He “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Matt. 20:28; see 1 Tim. 2:6), God “ ______” the church with “____”
Jesus
purchased
His own blood
This ratified God’s ownership of humanity.
Said Paul, “You are not your own; you were bought at a price”
Christ’s death
______ brought sin, condemnation, and death to all. Christ _____ the downward trend. His _____ provided the _____ from the _____ and the _______ for repentant sinners
Adam’s rebellion
reversed
substitutionary death
deliverance
penalty of sin
gift of eternal life
It took Christ’s life, as well as His death, to ______.
bridge the chasm gouged by sin
