This week’s discussion topic asks us why our view of atonement is critical to our view of Scripture and how it can impact our view of humanity. How we view atonement has an impact on how we view God and Christ and the importance we put on each of them.
McRay gives the common definition of atonement indicating that it is the “satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends,” and theologically as “the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and man, especially as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ” (McRay, 2003). Without this atonement, we are incapable on our own of ever having a relationship with God due to our sins. It is the only thing that makes it possible for us to be reconciled with God. McRay
McRay gives the common definition of atonement indicating that it is the “satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends,” and theologically as “the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and man, especially as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ” (McRay, 2003). Without this atonement, we are incapable on our own of ever having a relationship with God due to our sins. It is the only thing that makes it possible for us to be reconciled with God. McRay