by Jonathan | Nov 13, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #8 – To Become a Ransom for Many Yet not everyone will be ransomed from the wrath of God. But the offer is for everyone. It only took Piper 8 reasons to come out swinging with limited atonement. It had been implied earlier in the book, but this was His...
by Jonathan | Nov 12, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #7 – To Cancel the Legal Demands of the Law Against Us What a folly it is to think our good deeds may one day outweigh our bad deeds. Piper lists 2 reasons that he considers this a folly: It is not true It is not the way God saves Number 1 is made...
by Jonathan | Nov 11, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #6 – To Show His Own Love for Us [The sufferings and death of Christ] are about Christ’s love for me personally. It is my sin that cuts me off from God, not sin in general…All I can do is plead for mercy. I don’t deserve a savior....
by Jonathan | Nov 10, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #5 – To Show the Wealth of God’s Love and Grace for Sinners We are worse off than frogs. They have not sinned. They have not rebelled and treated God with the contempt of being inconsequential in their lives. God did not have to die for frogs. They...
by Jonathan | Nov 9, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #4 – To Achieve His Own Resurrection from the Dead [The resurrection] was the public declaration of God’s endorsement [that the righteousness of God was completely vindicated]. There is a huge link from this passage back to reason #1 (satisfy...
by Jonathan | Nov 8, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #3 – To Learn Obedience and Be Perfected If the Son of God had gone from incarnation to the cross without a life of temptation and pain to test His righteousness and his love, he would have be a suitable savior for fallen man. It’s tough to...
by Jonathan | Nov 7, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #2 – To Please His Heavenly Father [Christ’s] death was not the begrudging consent of God to be lenient to sinners. What is most astonishing about this substitution of Christ for sinners is that it was God’s idea. What strikes me most about...
by Jonathan | Nov 6, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #1 – To Absorb the Wrath of God If God were not just, there would be no demand for his Son to suffer and die. And if God were not loving, there would be no willingness for his Son to suffer and die. But God is both just and loving. Therefore His love is...
by Jonathan | Nov 6, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
When I decided to launch this blog, I knew I would need something to keep me committed to it over time. Since I read A LOT for for my job (and for personal learning), I figured I could commit to reading a chapter of a book a day and writing a short review/application...
by Jonathan | Nov 6, 2010 | Blog
I’m cranking up a blog to have an outlet to post thoughts or ideas I might have. These may be related to current events, NASCAR, theology, faith, church, family, or whatever happens to cross my mind. I’m not putting a limit or parameters on the topics I will...
