2. Part 11: The God Father

3. "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know — this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. ~ Acts 2:22-23 (NASB) "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know — this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. ~ Acts 2:22-23 (NASB)

4. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, [20] and by him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of his blood on the cross. ~ Colossians 1:19-20 (NLT) For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, [20] and by him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of his blood on the cross. ~ Colossians 1:19-20 (NLT)

5. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:19 (NLT) For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:19 (NLT)

6. The Punishment TheoryThe Purity Theory The Cross as CondemnationThe Cross as Cleansing We have rebelled &We have failed and deserve punishment have become impure Because of the cross GodBecause of the cross we is no longer angry with usare no longer impure The conversion of God The conversion of humanity from angry to embracingfrom impure to pure The Punishment TheoryThe Purity Theory The Cross as CondemnationThe Cross as Cleansing We have rebelled &We have failed and deserve punishment have become impure Because of the cross GodBecause of the cross we is no longer angry with usare no longer impure The conversion of God The conversion of humanity from angry to embracingfrom impure to pure

7. … Christ Jesus, our Saviour, who broke the power of death and showed us the way to everlasting life through the Good News. ~ 2 Timothy 1:10 (NLT) … Christ Jesus, our Saviour, who broke the power of death and showed us the way to everlasting life through the Good News. ~ 2 Timothy 1:10 (NLT)

14. Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. ~ John 1:4-5 (NLT) Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. ~ John 1:4-5 (NLT)

15. Part 11: The God Father