Paragraph 8.5

The Lord Jesus by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which he through the Eternal Spirit once offered up unto God, hath fully satisfied the Justice of God, procured reconciliation, and purchased an Everlasting inheritance in the Kingdom of Heaven,^a for all those whom the Father hath given unto him.^b

1. a. Hebrews 9:14; 10:14; Romans 3:25–26

   Hebrews 9:14

   ^9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

   ^9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

   Hebrews 10:14

   ^10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

   ^10:14 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

   Romans 3:25–26

   ^3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; ^3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

   ^3:25 God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. ^3:26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

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2. b. John 17:2; Hebrews 9:15

   John 17:2

   ^17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

   ^17:2 For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

   Hebrews 9:15

   ^9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

   ^9:15 Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

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