There are only two ways that God’s justice can be satisfied with respect to your sin. Either you satisfy it or Christ satisfies it. You can satisfy it by being banished from God’s presence forever. Or you can accept the satisfaction that Jesus Christ has made.
R. C. SproulDr. Boice's commentary series is a treasure for the church and for her pastors. No expository preacher can afford to be without it.
R. C. SproulIt's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.
R. C. SproulThe 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.
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