John Piper
September 5th, 2008
This series of articles is derived from John Piper’s “The Passion of Jesus Christ: Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die”. Here John discusses why Jesus’ death was so important. The following articles are but a few of the fifty reasons he gives behind the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The main goal of this series is to answer an important question: Why did Jesus suffer and die?
Why did Jesus die?
To Absorb the Wrath of God
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September 5th, 2008
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We have now been justified by his blood. - Romans 5:9
[We] are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ...
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To Provide the Basis for Our Justification"
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September 5th, 2008
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Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5
[He] healed all who were sick. ...
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To Heal Us from Moral and Physical Sickness"
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September 5th, 2008
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To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory...
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To Free Us from the Slavery of Sin"
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September 5th, 2008
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How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from...
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To Give a Clear Conscience"
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September 5th, 2008
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16
In...
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To Give Eternal Life to All Who Believe on Him"
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September 5th, 2008
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We have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus. - Hebrews 10:19
One of the great mysteries in the Old Testament was...
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To give us Confident Access to the Holiest Place"
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September 5th, 2008
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You also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead....
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So We Might Belong to Him"
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September 5th, 2008
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But we see . . . Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death. - Hebrews 2:9
And being found in human form, he...
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So That He Would Be Crowned with Glory and Honor"
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September 5th, 2008
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The former priests . . . were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues...
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To Bring the Old Testament Priesthood to an End"
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