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