LECTURE IV, ARTICLE 3.

The Atonement and Salvation.

1. Define "atonement" in its scriptural usage. (Compare its meaning with that of "reconciliation," as the latter term occurs in the New Testament.)

2. State what you know of the nature of the Atonement.

3. Show that the Atonement is a necessary sequence of the Fall.

4. What is meant by a vicarious sacrifice? (Give scriptural instances of such as recorded in the Old Testament.)

5. Show that Christ's sacrifice was, 1, vicarious; 2, voluntary on His part; 3, love inspired.

6. Give scriptural proofs (from each of the standard works) that the Atonement was fore-ordained and fore-told.

7. Show:—1, the general, and 2, the individual effect of the Atonement amongst mankind.

8. Define:—1, "salvation;" 2, "exaltation."

9. Name the "Degrees of Glory" in their order, as revealed of God.

10. Give a summary of the scriptural descriptions of:—1, the Celestial kingdom of glory; 2, the Terrestrial; 3, the Telestial.