This week, I’m re-reading / listening to John Piper’s “Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die“.
This hit hard:
“Sin is dishonoring God by preferring other things over Him. Sin is not small, because it is not against a small Sovereign. The seriousness of an insult rises with the dignity of the one insulted. The Creator of the universe is infinitely worthy of respect and admiration and loyalty. Therefore, failure to love Him is not trivial—it is treason. Since God is just, He does not sweep these crimes under the rug of the universe.
‘[God] loved us and sent his Son to be the [wrath-absorbing] propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)’”
-John Piper
