![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jesus’ substitutionary death resulted in saving us (described as propitiating God’s anger, redeeming us from slavery to sin, legally justifying us before God, and reconciling us to God), revealing God’s justice and love, and conquering evil (thus releasing us from the tyranny of the law, flesh, world, and death). He does this by arguing for the centrality of Jesus’ death (to his mission and Christianity’s message) at the hands of Pilate, the Jewish leaders, and Judas, as a voluntary self-substitution for humanity’s sin in response to the problem of a just and loving God forgiving sinful humanity. In The Cross of Christ, John Stott aims to provide an extensive theology of the cross, including but not limited to the doctrine of the atonement. ![]() A Brief Book Summary from Books At a GlanceĬonclusion: The Pervasive Influence of the Cross ![]()
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