Chapter Four
- Briefly summarize man's situation apart from God.
- What were the four major difficulties overcome through the atonement?
- Was it possible for God to accomplish many ends with just one action?
- Explain God's governmental problems in reconciliation. How did His problem correspond to Darius?
- What does law without sanctions amount to?
- What thoughts entered Adam's mind about God subsequent to his initial sin? How has this erroneous concept been carried on down through human history?
- How is this wrong concept transferred to various interpretations of Christ's work in the atonement?
- Why did God's love not need to be restored by any propitiation? Was the cross of Christ a stimulus to bring mercy about, or an expression of God's predisposition to mercy?
- What is wrong with the statement, "God is a God of love but He is also a God of justice?"
- Define the two types of justice. Which type allowed for forgiveness?
- Define "forgiveness." Why is it impossible to both receive payment on a claim and to forgive it?
- If the atonement satisfied retributive justice to the tiniest iota, what prospect are we faced with in relation to the Trinity? Where in the universe, if this theory be true, can we find an example of true agape love?
- Can God relate to man in intimate fellowship when that man thinks he's something he's not? Why is it important for man to see himself as he truly is in the matter
- Explain God's motivational problem in reconciliation. What was the key to maintaining the relationship against the magnetism of former, inflamed appetites and habit patterns?
- Do we possess any alluring qualities at all which would attract God to us prior to salvation?
