Through Jesus Christ's death on the cross and his redemption, human beings are offered a salvation that will give them spiritual life and freedom, reconcile them to God, and unite them to one another as part of a new humanity.
Salvation is offered to the human race through Jesus Christ
John 3:14–17 See also Matthew 28:18–20; Luke 24:45–47; Acts 2:38–39, Acts 10:34–35, Acts 10:44–48; 1 Timothy 2:1–7; Titus 2:11–14; Revelation 14:6–7
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
The Saviour was himself a human being
Galatians 4:4; 1 Timothy 2:5–6 See also Matthew 1:1; Romans 1:3–4, Romans 8:3; Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 2:17
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all — the testimony that was given at just the right time.
The human race is reconciled to God through Jesus Christ's death on the cross
2 Corinthians 5:18–21 See also Romans 5:1–2; Ephesians 2:14–18; Colossians 1:19–22; Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 10:19–22
All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God. God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
The human race is united in Jesus Christ
Galatians 3:26–28 See also John 10:14–16; 1 Corinthians 12:12–13; Ephesians 2:13–22; Colossians 3:9–11; Revelation 5:9–14
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
The human race is renewed in Jesus Christ
Ephesians 2:15 See also 1 Corinthians 15:47–49; 2 Corinthians 5:17
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
In Jesus Christ the human race is given spiritual life and freedom
Ephesians 2:4–5 See also Romans 5:17–18, Romans 8:1–2, Romans 8:9–11; 2 Corinthians 3:13–17
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.