"... to recover and save poor lost sinners; that was his intent and design ...
- Matt. xviii. 11, “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
- Luke xix. 10, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
- 1 Tim. i. 15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”
"... who these sinners are towards whom he hath this gracious intent and purpose ...
- Matt. xx. 28, “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
- Gal. i. 4, “Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:”
"... the very aim and end of Christ in giving himself for any, even that they may be made fit for God, and brought nigh unto him ...
- Eph. v. 25–27, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; [26] That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, [27] That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
- Tit. ii. 14, “Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
"... to save us, to deliver us from the evil world, to purge and wash us, to make us holy, zealous, fruitful in good works, to render us acceptable, and to bring us unto God ...
- Rom. v. 2, “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
"The effect, also, and actual product of the work itself, or what is accomplished and fulfilled by the death, blood-shedding, or oblation of Jesus Christ, is no less clearly manifested, but is as fully, and very often more distinctly, expressed ...
Reconciliation
- Rom. v. 10, “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
- 2 Cor. v. 18-19, “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; [19] To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”
- Eph. ii. 14-16, “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; [15] Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; [16] And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:”
Justification
- Heb. ix. 12, “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
- Gal. iii. 13, “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”
- 1 Pet. ii. 24, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
- Rom. iii. 23–25, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; [24] Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: [25] Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
- Col. i. 14, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:”
Sanctification
- Heb. ix. 14, “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”
- 1 John i. 7, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
- Heb. i. 3, “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
- Heb. xiii. 12, “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”
- Eph. v. 25–27, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; [26] That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, [27] That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
- Phil. i. 29, “For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;”
- Eph. i. 3, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”
Adoption
- Gal. iv. 4, 5, “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, [5] To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”
Eternal glory and immortality
- Eph. i. 14, “Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”
- Heb. ix. 15, “And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”
(Adapted from John Owen's, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ)
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