ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tu’apulelulu Sepitema 29, 2022 

THE PERFECTION OF CHRIST'S ATONEMENT

NA‘E HAOHAOA ‘A E HUHU‘I NA’E FAI ‘E KALAISI

ROMANS 1:4

who was declared the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

LOMA 1:4

‘o ia na‘e mātu‘aki fakae‘a ko e ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua ‘i hono laumālie tāpuhā, he‘ene toetu‘u mei he pekia,

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

The perfection of the Atonement is confirmed by the approbation of God as Judge. If God declares that He is perfectly satisfied, let no one dare to say that the satisfaction is imperfect. The question is whether the Supreme Judge, who demands the satisfaction, approves of and receives it as altogether sufficient. That the Atonement has been approved and accepted by God is established, not only by the appointment of Christ to the mediatorial office, of whom the Father often declares that He is his beloved Son, in whom He is well pleased; but especially His resurrection from the dead, which is irresistible evidence both of His divinity and of the perfection of the Atonement (Romans 1:4).

Unless Christ had satisfied to the uttermost, can we believe that God the Judge, whose inexorable justice demands full payment, would have freed Him and have exalted Him to that supreme glory which was the reward of His sufferings? (Philippians 2:9).

There is no room left for doubt respecting the perfection of the satisfaction, the full payment of the price of redemption.

 

FRANCIS TURRETIN