We've been looking at highlights from Robert A. Peterson's new book
Salvation Accomplished By The Son.
*There are nine saving events in Christ's life.
*The first was the incarnation, and the second was Christ's sinless life.
*The third saving event is His death.
Here are more highlights from the chapter.
*It was the will of God the Father to crush Jesus on the cross in order to pay for our
sins. "Yes, it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when
his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand" (Isaiah 53:10).
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*Results of Jesus' death: A. Accomplished justification
B. An offering for guilt which makes atonement and procures forgiveness
C. Sanctifies "many nations"
D. Wins a great victory
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*Jesus' death was predicted in the Old Testament.
"... when they look on me, on him whom they pierced, they shall mourn for him ..."
Zechariah 12:10.
" ... an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing" Daniel 9:26a.
*Jesus predicted his death. " ... The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands
of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise" Mark
9:31.
*During the crucifixion, darkness covered Israel for three hours, as a sign of judgment
for rejecting the Messiah. It was also a sign of judgment against Jesus, as the Son became
the Sin-Bearer.
*John 19:30 "It is finished" triumphantly announces the completion of Jesus' mission.
*Mark and Luke record the curtain torn in two in The Holy of Holies, demonstrating
the efficacy of Jesus' death. It was torn from top to bottom - an act of God, not men.
Christ, crucified had given believers access to the presence of God.
*Numbers 21 Moses raised a bronze serpent, and all who looked at it were delivered
from the snakes.
Jesus was raised up in crucifixion so that all who look to him would be delivered from
eternal condemnation.
*Jesus, The good Shepherd, lays down his life for his sheep (John 10:15).
*Jesus lays down his life (crucifixion) that he may take it up again (resurrection).
These verses shows that Jesus raised himself from the grave (John 10:17-18).
*Jesus' death is an atoning death that brings forgiveness to everyone who believes.
*Jesus' sacrificial death is completely adequate for the needs of all men, but only
believers will be saved.
*A grain of wheat must be buried if it is to yield fruit for man, so Jesus must give
himself in death to produce a harvest of life for the world.
*Jesus is the believers' propitiation and expiation.
*Propitiation is the turning away of God's wrath.
*Expiation is the putting away of sin.
*God forgave Old Testament believers on the basis of the work of Christ to come!
*Reconciliation means peacemaking, and the Reconciler must be a man because death
is necessary and God in heaven cannot die.
The Reconciler is Christ, God incarnate.
*He, himself is our peace (Ephesians 2:14).
Jesus reconciles his people to God the Father by his death on the cross.
We (his people) receive redemption through his blood (death).
* Jesus shows his love for us by giving himself as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God
(Ephesians 5:2).
*The sinner has two things wrong - spiritual death and uncleanness. The remedy for spiritual
death is regeneration (Colossians 2:13) and the remedy for uncleanness is full pardon for sin
(Col. 2:14) where God cancels our debt that stood against us.
*Record of debt refers to our not keeping the Ten Commandments.
God cancelled our (believers) debt, nailing it to the cross (penal substitution).
*Hebrews 1:3 Christ's atonement is FINAL because he sat down at the right hand of God
after his sacrifice. Christ's atonement is PERFECT because of where he sat down. At the
right hand of God is the chief place of authority and honor in the universe.
The Father's way of showing that the Son's work of atonement is complete and perfect.
Nothing can be added.
Christ's atonement is EFFECTIVE because of where he sat. He satisified all of the Father's
requirements to make atonement and secured an eternal redemption for his people!
*Christ's death accomplishes two goals: 1) Destroys the Devil (Rev 20:10) and
2) Delivers his people from hell (Romans 5:9).
*Peter teaches that the spirit constitutes sinners as saints and as a result (although simultaneously)
they obey the gospel, that is, believe in Jesus and are cleansed by his atoning death
(1 Peter 1:1-2).
Not that he "offered" our sins on the tree, but that he "bore" them on the tree. He carried our
sins away in his death.
*CHRIST'S DEATH SAVES!
Peter presents Christ's death as saving in that his shed blood cleanses and redeems, and he
carries our sins away to the tree. He dies in our (believers) place to join us to God. (1 Peter
3:18-19).
*God's love precedes and precipitates ours.
*CHRIST'S ATONEMENT IS THE MOST EMPHATIC DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT
GOD'S LOVE IS!
*Christ's redemptive death is efficacious to redeem; it actually ransoms people for God (does
not just make salvation possible). It is for all people, from "every tribe and language and
people and nation."
*His death does not save everyone, but saves all of God's people from every people group, tongue
ethnicity and political entity (Rev 5:6,9).
*The result is that ransomed people belong to God as a kingdom of priests. John thus presents
The Church as the new Israel, seeing the purpose for Old Testament Israel's existance - to be
a kingdom of prests and a holy nation - fulfilled in Christ's redeemed people, including believing
Jews and Gentiles.
*Christ is the believer's: 1) Legal substitute 2) Victor 3) Redeemer 4) Reconciler and 5) Sacrifice.
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