LESSON XXII.
(Scripture Reading Exercise.)
DOES THE NECESSITY OF THE ATONEMENT ARISE FROM THE NATURE OF THE CASE, OR FROM ARBITRARY ARRANGEMENT?
ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
I. Could Other Means than the Atonement Have Been Provided for Man's Salvation? 1. The Evidence from the Fact of Divine Institution. 2. The Evidence of Scripture. | The texts and contexts of scriptures quoted and cited in the body of this lesson. History of Christian Doctrine (Shedd), Book V, Ch. ii; Anselm's Theory of Satisfaction; Neander's History of the Christian Religion and Doctrine, Vol. IV, pp 49-511. Taylor's Mediation and Atonement. |
II. The Severity of the Atonement Justified. 1. By the Value of the Things Purchased. 2. On the Ground that it was a Voluntary Sacrifice. 3. By the Lessons it Teaches Man. |
SPECIAL TEXT: "Put up thy sword into its place. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than Twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?" (Matt. xxvi:52, 54.)