Understanding Your Religion
7 Major Doctrines that Define Christianity
What Atonement Achieves
The Sub-Doctrine of Redemption
指導方針
The focus of this lesson is the difference between the act of atonement and its natural result of redemption. Of special note in this lesson is the process and relationship of these two vital salvation concepts.
学生の学習成果
- Know: Explain the relationship between atonement and redemption.
- Feel: Value the love and sacrifice offered by God.
- Do: Live faithfully as a result of our redemptive state.
レッスンの本文
討論の質問
以下は、授業の指導付き討論部分で使用するための提案された質問です。また、学生がさまざまな概念を理解するのを助けるための質問への提案された回答も含まれています。これらは討論を支援するために提供されており、「正しいまたは間違っている」回答とは見なされません。
Answers will vary but look for responses that show that atonement is the method or process that God used to bring us back into a good relationship with Himself.
To redeem means to buy back or purchase a debt. It can also mean to liberate or set free from punishment due to our guilt. As a result of the atonement (payment), we have been bought, set free or redeemed from the consequence of our sins (death) which have been removed.
God freed Israel from physical slavery and gave them a new identity (Exodus 3:7). Along with the identity came the responsibility of having a special relationship with God.
In the same way, the death of Christ frees us from the slavery to sin, identifies us as citizens of His Kingdom and gives us a special relationship with God (Romans 6:1-10; Romans 8:12-24).
- John 8:34 – Sin is slavery.
- Romans 3:23 – Everyone is guilty.
- Romans 6:23 – We are separated from God because of our sin.
- Romans 5:6-11 – We owe debt to God we cannot pay therefore God paid the price through Jesus.
- We are released from slavery – We have been bought (redeemed) from slavery and the eternal consequences.
- We have a new identity – We now belong to God as His people.
- We have a new purpose – We now live to serve God as faithful citizens of His Kingdom.
The expression, "freedom is not free" has been used to help us understand the sacrifice others have made for the physical freedoms we enjoy as citizens of our respective nations. In the same way, our freedom from the slavery to sin was purchased at an incredible price. It required the death of the innocent Jesus.
We must not forget that nor take it for granted. We owed a debt we could not pay. God paid the debt. We are now His people and enjoy all the benefits and consequences of that relationship.