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Salvation is like an elephant Truth may be bigger than we perceive

Salvation is like an elephant Truth may be bigger than we perceive Our understanding of important doctrines is often incomplete We should be slow to reject explanations simply because they differ from our own. What does this have to do with ‘salvation’?

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Salvation is like an elephant Truth may be bigger than we perceive

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  1. Salvation is like an elephant Truth may be bigger than we perceive Our understanding of important doctrines is often incomplete We should be slow to reject explanations simply because they differ from our own

  2. What does this have to do with ‘salvation’? Salvation is a concept that carries a lot of baggage Many simply assume the meaning is ‘obvious’ This usually comes at the expense of other legitimate conceptions

  3. What does this have to do with ‘salvation’? We should not expect a ‘simple’ understanding of an important reality

  4. What does this have to do with ‘salvation’? Theologians speak of ‘theories of atonement’ Theological reflection on and explanation of the meaning of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection (especially re our ‘salvation’)

  5. Pieces of the Puzzle Biblical teaching on the ‘atonement’ is not one-dimensional It is multi-faceted

  6. Pieces of the Puzzle A comprehensive understanding of salvation must ‘have room’ for several motifs Conflict/Liberation/Victory (e.g. John 16:33) Vicarious Suffering/Substitutionary Atonement (e.g. 2 Cor 5:21) Archetypal/Representative Man (e.g. 1 Cor 15:45)

  7. Pieces of the Puzzle A comprehensive understanding of salvation must ‘have room’ for several motifs Martyr/Martyrdom (e.g. Isa 52:13-53:12) Sacrifice (e.g. John 1:29) Expiation/Propitiation (Wrath of God; e.g. Rom 3:25)

  8. Pieces of the Puzzle A comprehensive understanding of salvation must ‘have room’ for several motifs Redemption/Ransom (e.g. Mark 10:45) Reconciliation (e.g. Col 1:20) Justification/Righteousness (e.g. Rom 3:24) Adoption-Family (e.g. Rom 8:23; Gal 4:5)

  9. Paradigms Three basic categories or paradigms Objective Primary orientation is godward Subjective Primary orientation is humanward Christus Victor Primary focus is toward Satan/Evil

  10. Objective Paradigm The work of Christ is understood to address some necessary requirement or demand of God It enables God to be righteous/just in forgiving sins Common motifs associated with this paradigm are substitutionary atonement; vicarious suffering; sacrifice; justification; propitiation/expiation

  11. A Key Text 21But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, 22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, 23since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; 24they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

  12. 25whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed; 26it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:21-26 [NRSV]

  13. God is ‘just’ to ‘justify’ those who are in Christ The sacrifice of Jesus is the basis for this justification It ‘justifies’ God It ‘justifies’ those who have faith How?

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