Soteriology


The Study of Salvation

Exploring God's great love for man and His provision of Christ to pay for man's sins. This payment is available to all. It is effective only for those who place their faith in Jesus, the Great Prophet, Priest, and King



"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16





























Isaiah 53, written by the Prophet Isaiah ca. 700 B.C.

1  Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2  For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3  He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4  Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5  But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.
6  All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
7  He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.
8  By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9  His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10  But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
11  As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.
12  Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.

Psalm 22:1, 14-18, written by King David, ca. 1000 B.C.


1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

14
 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
15  My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.
16  For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
17  I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me;
18  They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots.


Matthew 27:45-46

45  Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
46  About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"

1 John 4:9-10

9  By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
10  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Romans 5:8-10

8  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
10  For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

2 Corinthians 5:20-21

20  Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
21  He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

1 John 2:1-2

1  My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
2  and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

1 Peter 2:24

24  and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

1 Peter 3:18

18  For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;





(Scripture quotation taken from the NASB-1995.)


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Updated February 19, 2022