Aug 08
This is the fourth post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 4 – Ransomed from Above
Mark 10:45
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Ransom:
- “a price that was paid to release a slave from bondage or to set free hostages who were being held in military conflicts.”
1st Ransom Theory:
- “Jesus paid a ransom to Satan because Satan held fallen man under bondage.”
- Christus Victor: “If Christ paid a ransom to Satan to deliver us from Satan’s clutches, who is the victor?”
2nd Ransom Theory:
- “… the ransom was paid not to Satan but to God, because God was the One Who had to be satisfied.
- Naomi and Ruth and the kinsman-redeemer.
- “As our elder brother, [Christ] pays the indebtedness that we have incurred before God.”
Author: Jeremiah
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