Full atonement is Christ crucified for our sins. Every believer's salvation was paid in full at the cross of Jesus. He made the one and only full atonement for all who through grace believe. That's the full punishment for all our sins at the cross of Jesus.
Wayne Grudem wrote, "Christ necessarily and willingly bore the full punishment for our sin on the cross. And so through his death, God's justice was met. Christ put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
"But now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself"(Hebrews 9:26). Grudem described the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as the believer's "full punishment for our sin on the cross." In Christ crucified, unlike the Old Testament sacrifices, was the full atonement forever.
A hymn describes the full atonement or punishment for our sins. It includes these words: "Guilty, vile, and helpless, we. Spotless Lamb of God was He. Full atonement—can it be? Hallelujah! what a Savior!"
Dr. Grudem further stated that Jesus "paid the penalty we deserved to pay for our sin. He bore the wrath that we deserved to bear." Christ was crucified to pay the full punishment for every believer's sin. "Hallelujah! what a Savior!"
