CFD 3240 Lecture 10: Pre-discussion Focus Notes Unit 11C
31 Jan 2019
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There have been a number of ways of explaining the idea of atonement, using a variety of expressions and metaphors, and many of these are found in the scriptures themselves. The main idea is being united to god. Break the word down into its component parts: at- one- ment. It is the process of bringing those separated back together. The idea is that the ultimate power of sin and death are destroyed, and the time when these things may continue to harm human beings who seek release from them is limited. They are mortally wounded, so to speak, though they still exist for the time being. The power of sins and death are i this way defeated. Those who appropriate the work of jesus for them, by actually being joined to. Christ through the hearing of the proclaimed scriptures, baptism, reception of holy. Communion, the participation in the life of one of god"s children lived in trust and confidence in.
