by Jonathan | Nov 15, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #10 – To Provide the Basis for Our Justification Being forgiven implies that I am guilty and my crime is not counted. Being justified implies that I have been tried and found innocent. My claim is just. I am vindicated. We many times mix up the meanings...
by Jonathan | Nov 14, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #9 – For the Forgiveness of Our Sins Forgiveness is not “getting” even. It is giving away the right to get even. Oh, how precious is the news that God does not hold our sins against us! And how beautiful is Christ, whose bklood made it right...
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...
