Christ Crucified
1. Is Christ Crucified described by Paul, Peter, Jesus, John and the Hebrew writer as a ransom type payment?
2. Paul preached 18 months in Corinth and said: 1 Cor. 2: 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. So did Paul preach every time on Christ crucified or some on Christ crucified and some on just Christ?
3. Christ said before his actual death: “It is finished” so was the crucifixion finished or is the going to be with God (death) included in the dying on the cross?
4. Can you preach: “Christ crucified” and not mention at least one of the following: atonement, atoning sacrifice, ransom, propitiation, expiation, crucified and/or redemption?
5. How is “preaching a proclaiming of Christ Crucified” differ from “preaching Christ crucified”?
6. When was the last time you heard a sermon on “Christ Crucified”? What was said and how often is the subject preached in your church?
7. Is an understanding of Christ crucified an understanding of the milk of the gospel or is it a meaty subject? Why?
8. How much does the fact that there are only “theories” to explain atonement keep preachers from addressing the subject?
9. Does your denomination have an “explanation” everyone agrees on for atonement?
10. What do we learn or not learn about God, Love, Christ, sin, forgiveness, redemption, justification, righteousness, being made holy and the new covenant, by not truly understanding the atonement sacrifice?
1. Is Christ Crucified described by Paul, Peter, Jesus, John and the Hebrew writer as a ransom type payment?
2. Paul preached 18 months in Corinth and said: 1 Cor. 2: 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. So did Paul preach every time on Christ crucified or some on Christ crucified and some on just Christ?
3. Christ said before his actual death: “It is finished” so was the crucifixion finished or is the going to be with God (death) included in the dying on the cross?
4. Can you preach: “Christ crucified” and not mention at least one of the following: atonement, atoning sacrifice, ransom, propitiation, expiation, crucified and/or redemption?
5. How is “preaching a proclaiming of Christ Crucified” differ from “preaching Christ crucified”?
6. When was the last time you heard a sermon on “Christ Crucified”? What was said and how often is the subject preached in your church?
7. Is an understanding of Christ crucified an understanding of the milk of the gospel or is it a meaty subject? Why?
8. How much does the fact that there are only “theories” to explain atonement keep preachers from addressing the subject?
9. Does your denomination have an “explanation” everyone agrees on for atonement?
10. What do we learn or not learn about God, Love, Christ, sin, forgiveness, redemption, justification, righteousness, being made holy and the new covenant, by not truly understanding the atonement sacrifice?
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