Sickle of Truth

Our question from our last post was: How does the death of Christ show, or commend, God’s love? It will not do to say it shows it because it shows it. That would be about equal to saying, God hates sin because he hates it, which is no reason at all. God hates sin because he loves his creatures; sin being their destroyer. If the death of Christ shows God’s love to us, there must be something accomplished by that death…

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“But God commended his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom 5:8 That “God is love” and unchangeable we believe to be prime facts of the gospel; and that man alone is alienated and needs reconciliation. The death of Christ was not for the purpose of purchasing God’s love: it is above price; nor for the purpose of appeasing – quieting, pacifying, or cooling down – God’s wrath, as though he were excited…

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