The Great Exchange: ToC and Appendix

I recently read The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington. The basic premise of the book is that there is a double-imputation behind the atonement: our sins to Christ and His righteousness to us.  This comes through a penal-substitution definition of the atonement, where Christ was our substitute on the cross, taking the wrath of God in our place. This idea of the atonement essentially does not begin only on the cross, but before the foundation of the world, through the incarnation, life, and ministry of Christ, culminating in his vicarious death on the cross. The book is divided into two parts: I. Overview and Context of Christ’s atonement, and II. The Apostle-Authored Scripture on Christ’s Atonement. It follows the basic pattern of the 19th century book, The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement by George Smeaton.¹

Table of Contents:
Foreward – Sinclair Ferguson
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Christ’s Atonement Overview and Context
1. The Unique Qualifications of the Apostles
2. Christ’s Atonement: The Apostles’ Summary
3. Atonement Foreshadowed: The Old Testament Sacrifices
4. Atonement Expected: The Old Testament Prophecies

Part Two: The Apostle-authored Scripture on Christ’s Atonement
5. The Acts of the Apostles
6. The Epistles of Paul on “The Righteousness of God”
7. Romans
8. 1 Corinthians
9. 2 Corinthians
10. Galatians
11. Ephesians
12 Philippians
13. Colossians
14. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
15. 1 and 2 Timothy
16. Titus
17. Hebrews
18. 1 Peter
19. 1 John
20. Revelation
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes

In the Appendix, the authors give an outline on the doctrine of the atonement:

1. The Assumptions Underlying the Atonement
   1. Atonement was necessary because of man’s sin.
   2. God’s justice, including his wrath against sinners, and God’s love for sinners co-exist in perfect harmony at the cross
   3. The sacrifice must be sinless, and therefore must be God.
   4. The sin bearer must be a man, in order to provide for the possibility of substitutionary death, since God cannot die
2. The Prerequisites for the Atonement
   1. Christ’s active obedience: he gave perfect obedience to the moral will of God on behalf of the redeemed.
   2. Christ’s passive obedience: he endured suffering for the penalty of the broken law on behalf of the redeemed.
3. The Results of the Atonement
   1. Sinners gain freedom from dependence on keeping the law and participating in ceremonies.
   2. Sinners gain a position of acceptance and favor before God including: righteousness, redemption, forgiveness, justification, and reconciliation.
   3. Sinners gain a new relationship to the triune God:
      1. to the Father, as his adopted children
      2. to Christ, as his blood-bought children;
      3. to the Holy Spirit, as his temple
   4. Sinners gain the privilege of approaching a holy God in worship
   5. Sinners gain the capacity for experiencing a transformed life
   6. Sinners gain the ability to be motivated by gratitude for the cross
   7. Sinners gaina new relationship to men of all nations
   8. Sinners gain a new relationship to angelic beings
   9. Sinners gain victory over Satan, the world, and death
   10. Sinners gain the ability to no longer be mastered by sin.²

Blurbs for the book include Ravi Zacharias, Bryan Chapell, Alistair Begg, Michael Horton, Alan Andrews, Timothy George, and Stephen B. Kellough

You can read a review here. [Irishcalvinist.com]
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1. See the preface, starting on pg 14.
2. This outline copied directly from the Appendix, starting on pg 289