are drafted into the army often purchase a substitute, who fights and dies in their place, and renders them forever free from liability to military service.) Rejecting this Scriptural teaching, these “theologians” have invented various other theories concerning the character and purpose of the work of Christ. One of these is the “moral influence” theory, according to which “the sole mission of Christ was to reveal the love of God in a way so moving as to melt the heart and induce men to forsake sin.”