If you're new here to Servants of Grace, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Introduction Through the work of the Holy Spirit- Jesus alone can open or close one’s eyes to the Christ-Centric nature of His Word. This paper will examine Luke 24:13-35. Historical-Cultural Context of the Gospel of Luke The author of the Gospel of Luke-Acts is Luke. The Lukan authorship of Luke-Acts is affirmed by both external...

Introduction This paper will attempt to prove that the  word all in 2 Peter 3:9 and 1 Tim 2:4 and the word whole world in 1 John 2:2 considered in their proper contexts are expressions used to teach that the atonement is sufficient for all, but only effective for some. Scripture uses two classes of texts to speak of Christ’s saving work in general terms. The first class contains the word world (John 1:9, 29; 3:16-17; 4:42; 2 Cor....

Isaiah 53 teaches us that Christ would live a sinless life, bear the guilt of mankind on His shoulders, and die as a substitute for sinners in their place. The doctrine of penal substitution states that God gave himself in the person of his Son to suffer instead of us the death, punishment and curse due to fallen humanity as the penalty for sin.[1] Steve Chalke a member of the Evangelical Alliance popularized the view that penal...