LESSON XIX.
(Scripture Reading Exercise.)
THE ADVENT OF MERCY INTO THE EARTH-SCHEME OF THINGS.
ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
I. Source of Redemption. | The references of Lesson XVIII. Also Taylor's Mediation and Atonement, Chs. xix, xxiv, xxv; and the text and context of the passages of scriptures quoted and cited in this lesson. |
II. Antiquity of the Plan of Redemption. | |
III. Vicarious Work of the Christ. | |
IV. The Balancing of the Claims of Justice and Mercy. | |
V. Man's Part in the Scheme of Redemption—Repent or Suffer. | |
VI. The Advent of Mercy—Alternatives. | |
VII. The Justice, Wisdom and Mercy of God. |
SPECIAL TEXT: "The law entered that sin might abound. But when sin abounded, grace did more abound that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness, unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." (Rom. v:20, 21.)
DISCUSSION.
1. Manner of the Christ's Atonement Foreshadowed: This lesson continues with the truth with which the last one concluded, viz., "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him might not perish, but have everlasting life." This declaration is preceded in the testimony of John with the following:
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life."[A]
[Footnote A: St. John iii:14, 15.]
Showing the manner of Christ's atonement.