So we may now put the whole train of thought before us, from Romans 2:11 on. First Paul says that “there is no partiality with God”. Then he defends this in verse 12 by saying that God’s judgment will come to the world according to how they respond to the measure of truth which they have [...]
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Our Hearts, Where the Law is Written
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Conscience, God's Judgment, Law, Moral Knowledge, Romans 2 on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Two Foundations for Our Final Justification
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Christ's Death, Condemnation, Holy Spirit, Justification, Obedience, Romans 8, Submission on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the two foundations for our final justification: Christ’s bearing our condemnation in his own flesh (Romans 8:3) and the Spirit working in us an obedient submission to God (Romans 8:4). Both are the reason there is no condemnation (Romans 8:1). These two bases correspond to the two realities to which our works are [...]
Contemplating Escape from Wrath
Posted in Piper, John, tagged God's Wrath, I Thessalonians 5, Paul, Salvation on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Paul contemplates the basis of his escape from wrath in his first letter to the Thessalonians, it is precisely to the death of Christ that he looks. In I Thessalonians 5:9-10 he says, “God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so [...]
Our One and Only Hope
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Christ's De, Christ's Righteousness, Christian Life, Faith, Hope, Salvation, Sin on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our only hope for living the radical demands of the Christian life is that God is totally for us now and forever. Therefore, God has not ordained that living the Christian life should be the basis of our hope God is for us. That basis is the death and righteousness of Christ, counted as ours [...]
Mistaken Thinking About Our Works of Love
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Christ's Sacrifice, Holy Spirit, Judgment, Works on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If we make the mistake of thinking that our works of love (the fruit of God’s Spirit) secure or increase God’s commitment to be completely for us now and in the last judgment, we comprise the very reason that these works of love exist, namely to display the infinite worth of Christ and his work [...]
True and Precious Beyond Words
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Christ's Sinlessness, Law, Righteousness on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God counts us as having his righteousness in Christ because we are united to Christ by faith alone. That is, we are counted as perfectly honoring and displaying the glory of God, which is the essence of God’s righteousness, and which is also a perfecting fulfilling of the law. This is what God imputes to [...]
The Double Tradgedy Regarding Our Works of Love
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Christ's Death, Christ's Righteousness, Love on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There would be a double tragedy in thinking of our works of love as securing the fact that God is completely for us. Not only would we obscure the very reason these works exist – namely, to display the beauty and worth of Christ, whose blood and righteousness is the only and all-sufficient guarantee that [...]
What the World Desparately Needs to See
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Faith, Love, OIbedience, The Church on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yet the freedom and courage to love is what the world desperately needs to see in the church and from the church. The world does not need to see strident, triumphalistic evangelicals laying claim on their rights. The world needs to see the radical, risk-taking, Christ-exalting sacrifice of humble love that makes us willing to [...]
What Does Fruit of the Spirit Have to do With Justification?
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Christ's Obedience, Christ's Suffering, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5, Kingdom of God on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When the Bible says that we will not inherit the kingdom of God without the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:21), it does not mean that we add anything to what Christ has done to secure the fact that God is totally for us. It means that God has established his Son’s perfect obedience [...]
God Establishes our Unfailing Union with Christ
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Faith, Omnipotence on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Through faith alone, God establishes our union with Christ. This union will never fail, because in Christ God is for us as an omnipotent Father who sustains our faith, and works all things together for our everlasting good The one and only instrument through which God preserves our union with Christ is faith in Christ [...]
