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Soteriolog Anselm's Argument Of Salvation

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“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” (Ps. 19:1, NIV) The nature reveals God’s creation and his glory. Jesus’ redemptive work reveals God’s love and holiness. God initiates to provide this salvation to humankind through His begotten Son’s incarnation. It is an act of love to prove that the creator cares about His created beings and provides them an opportunity to avoid the ultimate judgment for their sins. Jesus’ suffering, death on the cross, and resurrection confirm that the problem of humans’ sinning has no joke and no other way to resolve, but solely relying on Christ’s redemption. Since He is faithful and just (1 Jn. 1:9) and He does not leave the guilty unpunished (Num. 14:18), the Holy God takes the hard way to offer a perfect solution for us. The doctrine of salvation mainly includes two divisions – the objective …show more content…

That is how satisfaction theory had been developed. Because God has to save us in a just way, He either punishes us or can demand satisfaction. Since human beings are impossible to satisfy God what so ever, only Christ can make that proper satisfaction because of his perfect human nature without sin. However, Anselm’s satisfaction model is lacking of biblical support and it is connected closely to the feudal system of justice in Anselm’s time. Thus, this model has its weak points. Instead of Anselm’s idea of Christ’s work playing on the honor system of feudalism, penal substitution theory places the focus of the framework into a more proper biblical and legal system. Paul in Romans wrote that “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Ro. 8:1-3) He wrote in Galatians that “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” (Gal. 3:10-13) Christ is our redeemer. He redeems us from the curse of the

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