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.
In the last lecture, we began to consider the work of Christ, specifically the Necessity of the Atonement. In this lecture, we will explore further details on the Nature of the Atonement. And in the next lecture, we will consider the doctrinal details pertaining to the Extent of that Atonement.
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