In the Old Testament, again, we see it in the drama of the scapegoat.

The sin of the people is transferred to the goat, and then the goat

pakes the sins away. He is removed from or outside of the presence of God

into the outer wilderness. And that is what is indicated by expiation.

God speaks in this language where he says, as far as the east is from the west,

so far as he removed our transgressions from us.

As an unbeliever, I can remember asking a Christian, why did Jesus have to die on the cross?

Isn't there another way to save people? And this Christian couldn't answer that question.

If an unbeliever came up to you and asked you, why did Jesus have to die?

Could you give an answer? Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and thanks for joining us today

for this Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

A right understanding of the gospel of the good news involves correctly understanding why Jesus had to die.

As R.C. Sproul continues, his overview of theology series were in the middle of a section on the person of Christ.

And today, he'll help us understand and better explain to others why Christ died. He has Dr. Sproul.

When I was a seminary student in a rather liberal institution, I remember an incident took place

in one of our classes in homiletics. Class has designed to teach you how to preach.

And our homiletics professor was basically a speech instructor, not a theologian or a biblical scholar.

And so usually at the end of each student sermon, he would give an analysis and critique of the delivery and the organization of the content

but would typically refrain from any criticism of the theological content.

But I remember one day, one of the students in the class gave what I thought was a quite a stirring message

on the substitutionary satisfaction view of the atonement.

And when he was finished, the homiletics professor lost that he was beside himself with anger.

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