The idea of being the Substitute in offering an atonement to satisfy the demands of God’s law for others was something Christ understood as His mission from the moment He entered this world and took upon Himself a human nature. He came from heaven as the gift of the Father for the express purpose of working out redemption as our Substitute, doing for us what we could not possibly do for ourselves.
R. C. SproulJesus came to seek and to save the lost. He is the Seeker; we are the ones who are running.
R. C. SproulThe irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom.
R. C. SproulIf the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.
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