Why Jesus Died – (11) To Complete the Obedience Becoming Our Righteousness and (12) To Remove Our Condemnation

It has been such a blessing to my soul to be reviewing John Piper’s book The Passion of Jesus Christ in the last week. I hope it has stirred your heart to deeper worship and gratitude as well. Here are reasons #11 and #12 for why Jesus came to die.

11. To complete the obedience that becomes our righteousness (Phil 2:8; Rom 5:19; II Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9) – When we are justified, we are not viewed a different way by God; Christ’s righteousness becomes our own. Therefore, the Father views us as if we lived the Son’s life! And the flip side is also true: Christ became our sin! Our sin was imputed to Him – a Man who never sinned. If I could input a well-known quote from another well=known author – “On the cross God treated Jesus as if He lived our life so we would be treated as if we lived His.”

12. To take away our condemnation (Rom 8:34) – There is no condemnation for those in Jesus Christ (Rom 8:1). Satan may try to condemn us and the world may try to condemn us. But because of His Son’s sacrifice on the cross, there will be no condemnation for those in Jesus Christ. Piper writes, “If they reject us, he accepts us. If they hate us, he loves us. If they imprison us, he sets our spirits free. If they afflict us, he refines us by the fire. If they kill us, he makes it a passage to paradise. They cannot defeat us. Christ has died. Christ is risen. We are alive in him. And in him there is no condemnation” (pg. 43).