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Thesis Statement For Christ's Death

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The focus of this paper is the Concept of Sacrifice and the Death of Christ and the vicarious substitutionary work of Christ.

Thesis Statement This paper will argue that Christs’ death was necessary and Jesus understood what foreshadowed Him, as He became the atoning sacrifice for our sin. While Jesus was reading Jewish Scriptures, He was in fact constructing His own life and death, so he could ultimately bring us all to His kingdom.
Introduction
As Christians, we can enjoy many benefits as believers and one that is most agreed upon is that the death of Jesus is a very complex piece of historical literature that has been examined throughout the decades. The very nature of our forgiveness of sins rests upon the Holiness of God, which was necessary for man. The question of penalty and payment of Christ’s death is important …show more content…

Paul in his letter to the Corinthians emphasizes that Israel’s sin was so severe that
“The sacrifice of his life was the huge gift necessary to offer God on the Day of Atonement. That is what Paul meant when he said, "God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and has given to us the reckoning of reconciliation" (2 Cor. 5:19)”
B. Romans – 3:25 “For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past.” (NIV)
C. The Corinthian Epistles- 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 The Apostle Paul tells us of the of the vicarious sacrifice of Christ: “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (NIV)

Atonement in John (two pages) Atonement in John is unique because John was a special prophet with a special

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