Christ’s Sacrifice for Sin
Theological Definition
The Bible presents Jesus’ death as a decisive, God-provided act that deals with sin and opens the way for reconciliation. It is described as a sacrifice that demonstrates God’s justice and love at the same time. Christians differ on how to explain the inner logic of how the cross accomplishes this, but Romans ties it to forgiveness, restored relationship, and a new life under grace.
Key Occurrences in Romans
24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
25whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done before, in the forbearance of God;
26for the showing of his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
25who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
6For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7For one will hardly die for a righteous man. For perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.
8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God`s wrath through him.
10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
11Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
3Or don`t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
32He who didn`t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
3For what the law couldn`t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;
4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.