4. Atonement: At-onement At-one-ment

5. Atonement: At-onement At-one-ment RECONCILIATION!

7. Matthew 5:23 – 24 23 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.”

9. 1 Peter 3:18 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. Ephesians 2:13 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

13. John Chrysostom “If God gave a great gift to enemies, will he give anything less to his friends?”

16. John 17:3 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

17. John Piper Adoption is not good news if it only puts us in the Fathers family but not in his arms. This is crucial. Many people seem to embrace the good news without embracing God.

18. Psalm 16:11 11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

19. Psalm 16:11 11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Hebrews 11:25 “ 5 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.”