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The point is not that the resurrection is the price paid for our sins. the point point is that the resurrection proves the death of jesus is an all-sufficient price. if jesus did not rise from the dead, then his death was a failure, god did not vindicate his sin-bearing achievement, and we are still in our sins.
-John Piper
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The Point Is Not That The Resurrection

John Piper
The point is not that the resurrection is the price paid for our sins. the point point is that the resurrection proves the death of jesus is an all-sufficient price. if jesus did not rise from the dead, then his death was a failure, god did not vindicate his sin-bearing achievement, and we are still in our sins.
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Jesus himself has already paid the price for your sins, so stop condemning yourself! today, when you look into the mirror, what do you see? do you see yourself trapped in all your failings, mistakes, and sins? or do you see what god sees? my dear friend, when god sees you today, he sees jesus. use your eyes of faith and believe that as jesus is, so are you. in god’s eyes, you are righteous, you are favored, you are blessed, and you are healed. you are freed from all sin, all pangs of guilt, all forms of condemnation, and every bondage of addiction!
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Men perish with whispering sins-nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in hell there shall meet as many men that never thought what was sin, as that spent all their thoughts in the compassing of sin.
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Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with god is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. where this truth is embraced and god is cherished above all, the power of sin is broken. the power of sin is the power of deceit. sin has power through promising a false future. in temptation sin comes to us and says: "the future with god on his narrow way is hard and unhappy, but the way i promise is pleasant and satisfying." the power of sin is in the power of this lie.
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Without his resurrection the death of christ would be of no avail, and his grave would be the grave of all our hopes. a gospel of a dead savior would be a miserable failure and delusion. the resurrection is the victory of righteousness and life over sin an death.
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What is sin? it is the glory of god not honored. the holiness of god not reverenced. the greatness of god not admired. the power of god not praised. the truth of god not sought. the wisdom of god not esteemed. the beauty of god not treasured. the goodness of god not savored. the faithfulness of god not trusted. the commandments of god not obeyed. the justice of god not respected. the wrath of god not feared. the grace of god not cherished. the presence of god not prized. the person of god not loved. that is sin.
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