Conversion & Calling, Student Workbook, SW01

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C O N V E R S I O N A N D C A L L I N G

b. Jesus canceled the record of our debt with its legal claims on the cross, Col. 2.14-15.

c. The sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross is absolutely sufficient as a sacrifice for sin, Heb. 10.11-13.

3. Jesus died in the place of sinful humankind, bearing in his body our culpability and guilt, 1 Pet. 2.24.

4. The Word testifies to the universality of God’s finished work in Jesus Christ.

a. His was a work for the entire world.

(1) John 3.16

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(2) Heb. 2.9

b. His also was a work of mediation and redemption for the entire human race, 1Tim. 2.5-6.

c. His was a work of reconciliation and propitiation for all humankind.

(1) 2 Cor. 5.18-21

(2) 1 John 2.2

B. Conversion is about the Word, not works.

1. Jesus suffered as God’s Son once for our sins to bring us to God, 1 Pet. 3.18.