Our Debt
Topic :
Atonement | We were in hopeless debt and Jesus paid the debt for us | Luke 7:41-50 | Bank |
| We were slaves and Jesus came to the marketplace to redeem us from bondage | Eph. 1:7 | Slave market |
| We were condemned criminals before the judgment seat of God and Jesus bore our penalty in order to set us free | Rom. 5:16 | Law court |
| We were unclean Gentiles, excluded by our defilement of sin from the presence of God in the temple, and Jesus gave himself as a sacrifice to consecrate for us a way to the throne of mercy | Eph. 2:13-14 | Temple |
| We were children in disgrace far from home and Jesus brought us back to the family circle | Eph. 2:18-19 | Home |
| We were captives confined to the fortress of Satan and Jesus broke in to deliver us | Col. 2:15 | Battlefield |
Christian Theology in Plain Language, p. 114
