11. A Sacrifice of Atonement
One day, one railway bridge over the valley broke due to the heavy rain and storm the previous night, in the Northern Province, Scotland. One little shepherd boy who passed that spot in the early morning found out this accident, ran towards oncoming train to stop it, anticipating upcoming enormous disasters and casualties. Without knowing about the accident, the train kept on running by blowing the horn. But, the boy stood firmly with waving his hands and didn’t move back, finally hit by the train and died. Through this sacrifice, hundreds of passengers could avoid the accident and their lives were saved. Like this, Jesus Christ becomes a sacrifice of atonement on the cross in order to save sinful, corrupted mankind. Any criminal can be saved and get eternal life once he believes in Jesus Christ and accepts him as his savior for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and are justified with freedom by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. (Romans 3:23~24) Whoever believes in Jesus Christ can get salvation free of charge.