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…
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:…
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.…
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…
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…
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…