The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement

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Weight 0.74 kg
Dimensions 22.3 × 14.3 × 3.6 cm
ISBN 9780851515991
topic

Atonement, Salvation

format

Book

Original Pub Date

1870

Banner Pub Date

Jul 1, 1991

Binding

Cloth-bound

page-count

568

scripture

New Testament

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George Smeaton’s magnificent studies of the New Testament’s teaching on the work of Christ – Christ’s Doctrine of the Atonement and The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement – [are] two books which I am convinced ought to be in the possession of every minister of the gospel, preacher, teacher, and student for the ministry.

These books are reliable, but they are also wonderfully readable. Ministers at every age and stage will benefit from them, and be led by them through careful, biblical, spiritual exposition of the cross. They combine biblical exegesis, doctrinal exposition, spiritual meditation, depth without dense style, clarity without technical clutter.

The widespread distribution of these volumes has the potential to serve as a catalyst to transform the pulpits of our churches. We need more preaching on the cross. Congregations, mid-week meetings, study groups and Sunday School classes, individual Christians all need to grapple with the meaning of the cross and live in the light of it. What an encouragement to spiritual advance it would be if the topic of conversation among pastors, elders, teachers and students for the ministry went something like this: ‘Did anyone send you Smeaton on the Atonement? Have you read these volumes? What a great Saviour we have! I have felt reading them how much I need to be more Christ-centred and cross-centred in my preaching.’…let us pray that these books will be a means of igniting greater understanding of and renewed faith in a crucified Saviour! , SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON

Smeaton’s book is intimidating to the average believer with its five hundred pages of dense nineteenth-century prose. But it is a valuable book. In fact, it is not an overstatement to say it is a necessary book since it sets before us so clearly and emphatically that our righteousness is to be found only in Christ, not in ourselves. , JERRY BRIDGES

Book Description

George Smeaton was one of the great luminaries in the theological galaxy which graced New College, Edinburgh, in the second half of the nineteenth century. His colleague James MacGregor said that he possessed ‘the best constituted theological intellect in Christendom’. His invaluable study of our Lord’s teaching on the significance of his death gives substance to that claim. In it we find Smeaton’s sensitive theological acumen, his skill in judicious exposition, and his evident devotion to the person of Jesus Christ , all combined in a masterly survey of the Gospel texts which illumine the doctrine of the atonement. Christ’s Doctrine of the Atonement, like its companion volume on the Apostles’ doctrine, is a work to be read and re-read. Those who possess it will often find themselves instinctively turning to consult Smeaton for insight on passages where other works have failed them.

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    Page
1 CHAPTER I.  
  THE PREPARATION OF THE APOSTLES, AND THE CIRCLE OF THEIR TESTIMONY, 1
  SECTION I.  
  The Apostles’ Teaching on the Atonement based on that of the Lord Jesus, 1
  SECTION II.  
  General View of the Apostles’ Testimony to the Atonement, 9
  SECTION III.  
  The Apostles’ Exposition of the Sacrifices and Temple Services, as Symbolical and Typical, 25
  SECTION IV.  
  The Apostles’ References to Prophecy on the Subject of the Atonement, 53
  SECTION V.  
  The Testimony to the Atonement in the Acts of the Apostles, 82
  SECTION VI.  
  The Apostolic Epistles, 100
2 CHAPTER II.  
  THE TESTIMONY TO THE ATONEMENT IN THE PAULINE EPISTLES, 106
  SECTION VII.  
  The Epistles of Paul on the Righteousness of God, 106
  SECTION VIII.  
  The Reconciliation set forth in the Pauline Epistles, 126
  SECTION IX.  
  The Testimony in the Epistle to the Romans, 133
  SECTION X.  
  The Testimony in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, 185
  SECTION XI.  
  The Second Epistle to the Corinthians, 209
  SECTION XII.  
  The Epistle to the Galatians, 232
  SECTION XIII.  
  The Epistle to the Ephesians, 267
  SECTION XIV.  
  The Epistle to the Philippians, 288
  SECTION XV.  
  The Epistle to the Colossians, 296
  SECTION XVI.  
  The Epistles to the Thessalonians, 308
  SECTION XVII.  
  The Epistles to Timothy, 317
  SECTION XVIII.  
  The Epistle to Titus, 326
3 CHAPTER III.  
  THE TESTIMONY TO THE ATONEMENT CONTAINED IN THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS, 332
  SECTION XIX.  
  The Epistle to the Hebrews, 332
4 CHAPTER IV.  
  THE TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLE PETER, 420
  SECTION XX.  
  The Epistles of Peter, 420
5 CHAPTER V.  
  THE TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLE JOHN, 448
  SECTION XXI.  
  The Epistles of John, 448
  SECTION XXII.  
  The Testimony of John in the Apocalypse, 468
  APPENDIX.  
  HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT, 479
  INDICES.  
  I. Passages Expounded, 545
  II. Subjects, 546
  III. Greek Words specially noticed, 547

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