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title: 'Christ a Surety for Sinners'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Alexander McLeod'
date: 1831-09-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Deity, and Person and Work of Christ'
- 'Atonement'
- 'Gospel'
- 'Justification'
scriptures:
- 'Hebrews 7'
- 'Romans 8'
- 'Galatians 4'
- 'Hebrews 9'
- 'John 3'
- 'Romans 4'
- '2 Corinthians 5'
- 'Galatians 3'
- 'Luke 24'
- '1 Peter 2'
- '1 Peter 1'
- '1 Corinthians 6'
- 'Revelation 5'
- '1 Corinthians 15'
- 'Romans 5'
- 'Ephesians 1'
- 'John 17'
- 'Isaiah 53'
- 'Zechariah 12'
- 'Isaiah 27'
- 'Philippians 1'
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'John 10'
- 'Hebrews 12'
- 'Colossians 1'
- 'Psalms 22'
- 'Matthew 3'
- 'Matthew 17'
- 'John 14'
- 'Hebrews 1'
- 'Song of Solomon 5'
- '1 Timothy 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/christ-a-surety-for-sinners
---

# Christ a Surety for Sinners

Alexander McLeod’s “Christ a Surety for Sinners” explains Christ’s role as the representative and substitute of his people in the covenant of grace. McLeod argues that humanity’s sin created a debt toward God that Christ fully satisfied through his obedience, sufferings, and death. He emphasizes that Christ’s atonement truly secures salvation for those given to him by the Father, rather than merely making salvation possible. The article concludes by calling sinners to rest entirely on the sufficiency of Christ’s work and to marvel at the grace and glory revealed in redemption.

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