The following definition of the necessity of the atonement will serve to clarify the position and to set forth its Biblical foundations. Once God freely decided out of His sovereign electing love to save sinners, there was but one way of bringing about this desired salvation which would be in harmony with God’s character, the law of God, the nature of sin and the needs of man. This one way was by the substitutionary blood atonement of the incarnate Son of God. We will now deal with each of the Biblical