It is a completely weird religion we have; all other religions have a god that requires merit or a sacrifice at least. For a baby sin you bring a mouse, for a big sin you bring an elephant. But in Christianity you have God who says sin is sin, you cannot bring anything to atone for it. God is pissed at me but He loves the world He created and sent His son to atone for you. God presents the wrath-bearer for us on His own initiative.

Dr. Schaefer

Gorgeous

Dr. Paul Schaefer (my systematic theology professor) on Anselm’s Satisfaction Theory of the Atonement…. It’s beautiful.

“God could not simply overlook sin; it had robbed God of His honor, leaving him the alternatives of punishment (which would frustrate his purposes) or receiving adequate satisfaction for the dishonor done to him. Yet humankind must take the satisfaction, having committed the offence. Hence, only God is able to provide it, only a human can properly make it. The Solution lies with one who is both divine and human.”