What is the atonement? Why was the blood of Christ necessary to offer us forgiveness from God? These are the questions at the heart of this book, a collection of sermons that each investigates the atoning work of Christ. As with most compilations, some parts are more helpful than others, but the sum total of this book provides a decent depth of material on a matter that both remains under attack and deserves our full attention. 

The thing that depresses me most about the objection to unconditional election is that it acts as a red herring. What people really are objecting to is total depravity…only if you are convinced that you are not just sick, but dead, will you know that there is only one person who can make you alive—the giver of life Himself—and therefore be utterly persuaded of the decree of unconditional election. [54]

John 3:16 clearly says that God loved the world and gave His only Son for each believing individual. A believing individual is a person whom God has fore loved from all eternity and predestined to call and justify by faith. This faith, which is the gift of God and the product of the new birth, is also sovereign work of the Holy Spirit in us. [62] 

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