John Piper
A Ransom for Many
This article is part of an extended series. The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, And to give his life as a ransom for many. - Matthew10:45 No negotiation There is no thought in the Bible that Satan had to be paid off to let sinners be saved. What happened to Satan when Christ died was not payment, but defeat. The Son of...
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The Forgiveness of Sins This article is part of an extended series. In him we have...
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To Please God the Father This article is part of an extended series. Yet it was the...
This article is part of an extended series. Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, A fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. - Ephesians 5:2 [He] loved me and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20 Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. - Ephesians 5:25 The supreme expression of love The death of Christ is not only...
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This article is part of an extended series. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us – for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.” Galatians 3:13 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10 God...
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This article is part of an extended series. In this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus . . . both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. - Acts 4:27-28 The most profound thing we can say about suffering...
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“The waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me. . . This God—his way is perfect” (2 Samuel 22:5, 31). After the loss of his ten children owing to a “natural disaster” (Job 1:19), Job said, “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21). At the end of the book, the...
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