The Atonement was Voluntary

Study topics

Verses

6 references
  1. Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. …
  2. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. …
  3. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
  4. …just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
  5. The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
  6. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”