Brings the Cross and Salvation's Price into Full View

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	• The Cross of Christ John R. W. Stott InterVarsity Press, 2006 - 380 pages average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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Brings the Cross and Salvation's Price into Full View

I've lived life in the fast lane while never really giving real thought to God, Salvation, or the price paid on Golgotha for righting the fall of man. Oh, I had read the Bible from cover to cover, more as a great history book than anything, and I thought I understood Salvation. John Stott's book "The Cross of Christ" was assigned as required reading for a university course some years ago. Many memories have faded over time since, but Stott's words and message have stuck. I recommend this book for anyone wanting a better understanding of the price paid for our individual Salvation. We truly do have a loving and merciful God. I recommend this book second to only one other in print besides the Bible itself, "The Desire of Ages" by E. G White and Pacific Press.

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The Centerpiece of Christianity

Besides the bible, no other book has had a profound impact on my life. This was a reccomended reading for one of my bible classes. I came to understand the message of the cross like never before. I dissagree with the comments that gave it a one star. The Cross will never been the center of performance based religion, but still there are several legalist out there that believe that we should preach the law and use hell as a scare tactic to get people converted. To say that this book is bad is propersterous. Many evangelical Christians would dissagree. I have read several books and if I would recomend one book to read in your life, this would be it. Read it and you will be amazed!

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A Masterpiece from the Master

This book is Stott's masterpiece, setting forth the importance and central teaching of the cross, the heart of the cross (sin, propitiation, substitution), the actual accomplishments of the cross, and finally the practical ramifications of the cross. Throughout this is a book that PREACHES. The chapters are even given in easy outlines which lend themselves to topical sermons. An example is seen as Stott answers the question: "Why did Christ die?" He responds that Christ died (1) for us, (2) that He might bring us to God, (3) for our sins, and (4) for our death. This is by no means an isolated example. Each chapter is given over to this balance of detailed devotion.

To Stott, the cross is not only a message of love or example. The terror of the cross is presented as it teaches us that (1) our sin is quite terrible, (2) God's love is quite wonderful., and (3) Christ's salvation is a free gift. He teaches us that sin makes God angry and that only God can satisfy God's justice. Thus in the cross, God is the answer to God's demand. When God justifies sinners, He is not declaring bad people to be good, or saying that they are not sinners after all; He is pronouncing them legally righteous, free from any liability to the broken law, because he Himself in His Son has borne the penalty of their law-breaking.

Christ is seen as both our substitute and our representative and Stott is careful to delineate between the two. A substitute is one who acts in place of another in such a way as to render the other's action unnecessary. A representative is one who acts on behalf of another in such a way as to involve the other in his action. Christ was BOTH.
He was our substitute with regard to sin. And He is our representative with regard to righteousness - Our substitute in death and our representative in His resurrection.

It is in Stott's last section, "Living under the Cross" that we are treated to the practical implications of his book. Here he becomes practical in dealing with the ramifications of the cross in the normal daily Christian life.

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