• Leon Morris, upon surveying in detail the entirety of the New Testament witness to the atonement, found 14 points of agreement by its writers (Writer) concerning the cross of Christ.
1. All men are sinners.
2. All sinners are in desperate peril because of their guilt.
3. Salvation takes place only because God in His love wills it and brings it about.
4. Salvation depends on what God has done in Christ.
5. Both the Godhead and the manhood of Christ are involved in the process.
6. Christ was personally innocent.
7. While the importance of the life of Christ is not to be minimized, central importance is attached to His death.
8. In his death Christ made Himself one with sinners. He took their place.
9. By His life, death, resurrection and ascension Christ triumphed over Satan and sin and every conceivable force of evil.
10. Not only did Christ win a victory, but He secured a verdict. He wrought salvation powerfully, but also legally.
11. In His death, Christ revealed the nature of God as love.
12. In His death, Christ is man's supreme example.
13. Men are invited to make a threefold response in repentance, faith, and holy living.
14. There is a cross for the Christian as well as the Christ.
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