LESSON XXIII.
(Scripture Reading Exercise.)
THE EFFICACY OF VICARIOUS ATONEMENT.
ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
I. The Law of Righteousness. | The texts and contexts of the scriptures quoted and cited in the body of this lesson. |
II. Possibility of the Spirit Suffering. | |
III. The Suffering of Men. 1. Because of Their Own Sins. 2. Because of the Sins of Others. 3. With Each Other on Account of Sin. 4. Willingness of Men to Suffer for Others and what it Suggests. | |
IV. Vicarious Suffering the Doctrine of Christ. | |
V. The Reign of Law and Love. |
SPECIAL TEXT: "He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love. * * * Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the Propitiation for our sins.
"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." (I John iv:8-11.)