In general, conversion to Christian Faith primarily involves repentance for sin and a decision to live a life that is holy and acceptable to God through faith in ( the atoning death and resurrection of ) Jesus Christ.

God's redeeming love is active to save sinners through Jesus ' incarnate life and teachings, through his atoning death, his resurrection, his sovereign presence through history, and his promised return.

There is no explicit reference to a historical person Jesus or to the concept of the atoning sacrificial death of the Son of God.

Advocates of the traditional form of the Stations ending with the body of Jesus being placed in the tomb say the Stations are intended as a meditation on the atoning death of Jesus, and not as a complete picture of His life, death, and resurrection.

It believes in the deity of Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, the physical miracles He performed, His atoning death upon the Cross, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory at His second coming.

According to their Statement of Faith, the Elim Fellowship believes that the Bible is the inspired word of God ; that God exists eternally as three persons ; that man is lost and in need of a Savior ; that salvation is through the atoning death of Jesus Christ and the regeneration of the Holy Spirit ; that divine healing is provided through the atonement ; and that the personal bodily return of Jesus Christ is imminent.

* The virgin birth of Christ, His vicarious, atoning death, bodily resurrection, and Ascension

When the character returns for a guest appearance in the seventh season, it is unclear what kind of being he is, but he states that he is caught somewhere between life and death, atoning for his sins.

It practises believer ’ s baptism and the New Testament reality of Christ ’ s Church ; believing in Almighty God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit ; in the full divinity, atoning death and bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ ; in the Bible as God ’ s word, fully inspired by the Holy Spirit.

The Messiah's death was to be the atoning sacrifice for the entire world, thereby invalidating the need for the old system of animal sacrifice ( Heb.

But other Gentile Christian communities ( especially in the West ), evolved in an increasingly anti-Jewish direction that interpreted Paul's teaching to mean that all Torah Laws are redundant " now that Salvation by Faith is available through Jesus ' atoning death ".

While many modern-day Christians debate over the meaning of Christ's death and resurrection, orthodox Christianity proclaims that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world, as an atoning sin-substitute, and that his resurrection from the dead brings new life to all who have faith in him.

The church stands in the open evangelical tradition of the Church of England, emphasising Bible teaching, the atoning death of Christ, and mission.

" According to the band, a tourniquet is a metaphor for " a lifelong spiritual process by which a personal God, through the atoning blood, death, and resurrection of His only Son — Jesus Christ — can begin to stop the flow of going through life without knowing and serving our Creator.

" to make known world-wide the forgiveness of sins through the atoning death of Christ ; the baptism in water by immersion ; the baptism of the Holy Ghost with signs following ; the nine gifts of the Holy Ghost ; the five gifts of our Ascended Lord ; and the vision referred to in the New Testament as ' the Church which is His Body '.

* In the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

A central belief that is held in common with many Protestant churches is that salvation is by faith alone in the atoning death of the Lord Jesus Christ.

" 19: 7-8 Christ is represented throughout Revelation as “ the Lamb ,” symbolizing the giving of his life as an atoning sacrifice for the people of the world, just as lambs were sacrificed on the altar for the sins of Israel.

He shows that the means of union with God are, ( 1 ) on the part of Christ, his atoning work ( 1: 7 ; 2: 2 ; 3: 5 ; 4: 10, 14 ; 5: 11, 12 ) and his advocacy ( 2: 1 ); and ( 2 ), on the part of man, holiness ( 1: 6 ), obedience ( 2: 3 ), purity ( 3: 3 ), faith ( 3: 23 ; 4: 3 ; 5: 5 ), and love ( 2: 7, 8 ; 3: 14 ; 4: 7 ; 5: 1 ).

Most also teach that it is only as a result of the atoning work of Christ, by grace through faith, that people are spared eternal punishment as divine judgment for their sins.

* Heavenly sanctuary ( fundamental belief 24 )— At his ascension, Jesus Christ commenced an atoning ministry in the heavenly sanctuary.

In this reception, we are forgiven through the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross.

" Scripture ... sets before us Christ alone as mediator, atoning sacrifice, high priest, and intercessor.

In this reception, we are forgiven through the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross.

The official church teaching is that Christ paid for all physical suffering with his atoning work and that as a consequence, when Christians get sick they can be supernaturally healed by the Holy Spirit.

To partake of the sacrament often is to be in obedience to the command of Jesus Christ and to allow members the opportunity to demonstrate their willingness to remember the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

The Missionary Church is a Trinitarian body that believes the Bible is the inspired Word of God and authoritative in all matters of faith ; that " salvation is the result of genuine repentance of sin and faith in the atoning work of Christ "; and that the " church is composed of all believers in the Lord Jesus who have been vitally united by faith to Christ ".

Their confession of faith reveals the churches of the US Conference accept God in three persons ; the divinity, humanity, virgin birth, atonement, resurrection, ascension and return of Jesus ; the Bible as the inspired word of God ; the fall of man and his salvation through the atoning work of Christ ; the Lord's Day ( Sunday ) as a day of worship ; and the resurrection of all men, either to eternal punishment or eternal happiness with God.

The confession of faith of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches ( held in common with the US Conference ) reveals the churches accept God in three persons ; the divinity, humanity, virgin birth, atonement, resurrection, ascension, and return of Jesus ; the Bible as the inspired word of God ; the fall of humankind and salvation through the atoning work of Christ ; the Lord's Day ( Sunday ) as a day of worship ; and the resurrection of all people, either to eternal punishment or eternal life with God.

Humans are separated from God because of sin, which entered the world through the Fall of Man, and are reconciled to God through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

For it sets before us Christ alone as mediator, atoning sacrifice, high priest, and intercessor.

Reconciliation ( also called ultimate or universal reconciliation ) is a doctrine of Christian Universalism that acknowledges God's plan to save the whole world through the atoning sacrifice of Christ.

Grubb posed the direct question, " Does the Student Christian Movement put the atoning blood of Christ central in its teaching?

#* " He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Tradition teaches that on Rosh Hashanah, each person is written down for a good or a poor year, based on their actions in the previous one, and their sincere efforts at atoning for mistakes or harm.

xxix., it was Shem who circumcised Abraham and Ishmael on the Day of Atonement ; and the blood of the covenant then shed is ever before God on that day to serve as an atoning power.

Justification, in Christian theology, is God's act of removing the guilt and penalty of sin while at the same time declaring a sinner righteous through Christ's atoning sacrifice.

" He affirmed, " He is the Savior and the Redeemer of the world ," through whose loving atoning sacrifice is extended to " every son and daughter of God, the opportunity for eternal life and exaltation in our Father ’ s kingdom, as we hearken to and obey His commandments.

While the primary focus of the LDS Church is on Jesus of Nazareth and His atoning sacrifice for man, Mormon Christians believe that one purpose for Christ's mission and for His atonement is the exaltation or Christian deification of man.

The Gods told him that his brothers were in Naraka atoning their sins, while Duryodhana was in heaven since he died at the blessed place of Kurukshetra.

The Synod concluded with a rejection of the Arminian views, and set forth the Reformed doctrine on each point, namely: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement ( arguing the efficacy of Christ's atoning work was applicable only to the elect and not the unregenerate world ), irresistible ( or irrevocable ) grace, and the perseverance of the saints.

Mankind can only be saved through Christ's " atoning work ".

Concerning the social depth and breadth of Christ's atoning work, Rauschenbusch writes: " Jesus did not in any real sense bear the sin of some ancient Briton who beat up his wife in B. C. 56, or of some mountaineer in Tennessee who got drunk in A. D. 1917.

This led him to a moral crisis which he found resolved in the atoning work of Christ.