ATONEMENT

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE ATONEMENT CAN HELP ME MORE IN MY LIFE SO I LOOKED UP ATONEMENT IN THE BIBLE DICTIONARY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT.  THIS IS WHAT IT SAID IN A NUTSHELL.

ATONEMENT:  BRINGING ONE WHO HAS BEEN ESTRANGED FROM GOD BACK TO HIM, RECONCILIATION. ( AT-ONE-MENT).
SIN IS THE CAUSE OF ESTRANGEMENT.
ATONEMENT CORRECTS OR OVERCOMES THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN.
ATONEMENT IS CONDITIONAL.  IT IS FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, REPENTANCE OF SINS, AND OBEDIENCE TO THE GOSPEL THAT ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT MUST EXIST WITHIN US IN ORDER TO USE THE ATONEMENT TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
SIN IS LAWLESSNESS- THE REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO THE LAWS OF GOD.  BY TRANSGRESSION MAN LOSES CONTROL OVER HIS OWN WILL AND BECOMES A SLAVE TO SIN AND SO INCURS THE PENALTY OF SPIRITUAL DEATH, WHICH IS ALIENATION FROM GOD.  THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST REDEEMS ALL MANKIND FROM THE FALL OF ADAM AND CAUSES ALL TO BE ANSWERABLE FOR THEIR OWN MANNER OF LIFE.  THIS MEANS OF ATONEMENT IS PROVIDED BY THE  FATHER AND IS OFFERED IN THE LIFE AND PERSON OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST.