• The Way of Salvation — Rom 3:21-24
• The Characteristics of Salvation — Rom 3:25-31
  • God's public declaration — Rom 3:25
    • "Whom God set forth"
    • Made plain
    • God's revelation
  • What God declared through the cross
    • Propitiation
      • Meaning — Heb 9:5
      • The tabernacle — the mercy seat
      • Purpose — the way of making atonement for the sins of the people
      • The steps
        • High Priest entered Holy of Holies
        • Carried blood of sacrifice
        • Offered blood to God
        • God accepted it
        • Sins were forgiven
      • The mercy seat represented the presence of God
        • The meeting place between God and man
        • God announced that He was satisfied
        • The Law had been honored
        • The people were forgiven
      • The application — Christ is our mercy seat
        • He propitiates God
        • He appeases God
        • He averts God's wrath — God is angry against sin — His Holy nature is opposed to evil
    • Four essential elements of propitiation
      • An offense to be taken away
      • A person offended who needs to be appeased
      • An offending person — guilty
      • A payment or means of atonement that satisfies
    • The blood of Jesus Christ
      • The redemption
        • The payment
        • The price — His death — His blood
      • The Scripture teaching
        • Act 20:28; 1Pe 1:18-19; Eph 1:7, Eph 2:13; 1Jo 1:7; Heb 9:12, Heb 9:14; Heb 10:19; Rev 1:5
        • The O.T. blood sacrifice — The Passover — 1Co 5:7, Jhn 1:29, Mat 5:17-18
      • Attitudes toward blood
        • Subject of scorn and ridicule
        • Hatred, despised, rejected
        • Refused through pride
      • Meaning of blood
        • Means death
        • Life given-up
        • Sacrificed
        • Blood-life poured out
      • The purpose of the sacrifice
        • To propitiate God
          • Directed toward God
          • Made to affect God
        • Propitiation was secured by the canceling
        • Propitiation was affected by the vicarious punishment of the victim substituted for the offender
          • Sinner transferred sin to the animal
          • The animal was slain
          • The animal was a vicarious sufferer
          • The animal bears the punishment
          • The sinner substitutes the animal for himself
          • The sinner exercised faith in God's instructions
        • The effect of the sacrificial offerings was the pardon of the offender and restoration into favor and fellowship
      • Why is death required? — Heb 9:22
      • How does death bring forgiveness? — Rom 6:23
        • Result of sin is death — Rom 5:12
        • Punishment for sin is death
        • Sin cannot be dealt with apart from death
      • The death of Christ
        • He is our substitute — Rom 5:8
        • He died willingly — Jhn 10:18
        • He died innocently — 2Co 5:21
        • He experienced God's wrath
        • We are covered by His blood
        • His blood keeps on cleansing — 1Jo 1:7
        • His blood is precious — 1Pe 1:19

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