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This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
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We know that our God is a gracious God and a merciful Lord. He is a God who forgives, and so we wonder why does Christ have to die? It would seem logical that God would just forgive Adam and let him return to Eden. However, God does not do this at all, but he sends Christ to die. So, what is the purpose of Christ's death?
John captures Christ's prayer before Christ goes to the cross. This prayer reveals to us that Christ is very aware of his mission and his purpose of entering history. Christ prays not only for himself, but also his disciples. His disciples are not the immediate 11, but also for us who will come to believe through his word. What does this prayer teach us about Christ's atonement? What assurance does this give us that Christ will not give up on those who has come to redeem?
John writes to the church with the assurance that Christ's payment satisfies the sins of the world. This sounds like the whole world is saved. This cannot be the case because right in Genesis 3:15 God promises that there are going to be two lines of people in the human race. There are those who are identified with Christ and those who are not identified with Christ. Christ's payment for the whole world must mean that Christ came to secure an international people.
The Lord told Adam that the day he eats of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil he will surely die. The Lord cannot just overlook his justice in order to show his mercy. Christ has to die on the cross for the Lord's justice to be satisfied. It is in Christ's death on the cross that his mercy is manifested. How does Paul use the Mosaic arrangement to give us a deeper understanding of Christ's cross?
The Apostle Paul sure chooses some strange words when he talks about Christ’s work on the cross. An example of strange wording regarding the work of Christ is when Paul states that Christ became sin. What does that mean? If we really pause for a moment that sounds like Christ has sinned so he could relate to us. Is that what the Lord is saying through the Apostle Paul? Why would it be problematic that Christ would sin? What does Paul mean by this language?
We know that Christ is the Good Shepherd and there is no shepherd that even compares to Christ in terms of His caring for the sheep. We also know that God is gracious and good in terms of HIs care for His people. We also know that Christ is so gracious that He is going to do what is right and consistent with His gracious will. So, is it gracious that God decides who receives the work of Christ? What basis would we have to make the claim that God limits the work of Christ? So, we continue to deal with the question of how many people are impacted by the work of Christ?
The Reformed position on Christ’s death on the cross is probably not the majority view in Christianity. If this position is held by a minority then what basis would people have to hold it? How do we see that really any conservative Christian believes in a limited atonement? What is more, how can the Reformed definition of a limited atonement actually teach a very gracious God?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
