In the Gospel of Matthew, in Matthew 16, Jesus has an important conversation with his disciples. They’re in the town of Caesarea Philippi, a town outside of Israel, and Jesus begins in Matthew, chapter 16, verse 13, with a very simple question for his disciples: “Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” Jesus wants his disciples to tell him what other people are saying about his identity, about who he is. The disciples tell Jesus, in verse 14, that some people say that he is John the Baptist. Some people say that he is Elijah. Other people say that he is Jeremiah. Still other people say that he is simply one of the prophets.
We have explored what the Bible teaches us about the person and work of Christ. In the previous lectures, we focused our attention on the person of Jesus Christ. We now turn to consider how the person of Christ relates to the work of Christ, especially the atonement for sin. So in this lecture, we will explore the Necessity of the Atonement.
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