![]() ![]() ![]() Therefore He offered Himself as a victim in their stead, paid the penalty by laying down His life for transgressors, and thus pacified an angry God. He was so good and loving that the very idea that sinners would be hopelessly lost, was abhorrent to Him. It is sometimes represented as if the moving cause of the atonement lay in the sympathetic love of Christ for sinners. This and the following three chapters will be devoted to a discussion of the doctrine of the atonement, which is often called “the heart of the gospel.” A. The two are complementary parts of the priestly task of the Saviour. ![]() His sacrificial work on earth calls for His service in the heavenly sanctuary. The great and central part of the priestly work of Christ lies in the atonement, but this, of course, is not complete without the intercession. ![]()
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