What Kind of God Does He Ask for Sacrifice to Forgive?
- Questions & Answers
- Jan 17, 2024
This teaching is not found in the Gospel. It was spread in the twelfth century by Ansalem, the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the one who taught the ‘Satisfaction Theory’ that says that God cannot forgive unless a sacrifice is offered to Him and that this sacrifice was the Son of God, Jesus Christ. No verse in the New Testament supports this incorrect theological theory. We read in the Epistle to the Hebrews, chapter two, verses fourteen and fifteen, “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” And also, chapter nine, verse twenty-six, ”but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” Christ confronted the devil’s power of sin and death on the cross, and He overcame him and abolished sin and death. The forgiveness of Christ that He has given us is cleansing and purification from sin. He gave us the power to reject the temptation of sin and set us free from its bondage.
