“The idea of being the Substitute in offering an atonement to satisfy the demands of God’s law for others was something Christ understood as His mission from the moment He entered this world and took upon Himself a human nature. He came from heaven as the gift of the Father for the express purpose of working out redemption as our Substitute, doing for us what we could not possibly do for ourselves.” WorldHumansIdeasMomentsLawPurposeFatherHeavenChristHuman NatureThis WorldDemandUnderstoodWork OutMissionsRedemptionSubstitutesOfferingAtonement Author:R. C. Sproul
“What he [Michael Jackson] did was he allowed us, through his voice and his instrument, to see a glimpse of the heaven that he himself was denied. That sacrifice was the ultimate source of redemption that he gave to us.” HeavenVoiceSacrificeSourceUltimateInstrumentsRedemptionDeniedGlimpse Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Upon the present theological computation, ten souls must be lost for one that is saved. At which rate of reckoning, heaven can raise but its cohorts while hell commands its legions. From which sad account it would appear, that, though our Saviour had conquered death by the resurrection, he had not yet been able to overcome sin by the redemption.” SoulAbleLostHeavenSinHellTenOvercomingAccountsRaisesRateSavedCommandRedemptionResurrectionSaviourTheologicalReckoningLegionComputation Book:The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author Source: The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author