Mon 2 Mar, 2009
Lent is a season of preparation. Preparation of our hearts in contemplation of the mystery of Christ’s suffering and death for the sins of people from every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
Jesus life was a preparation. It was a preparation for death. Most of us know something about the causes of Jesus death, his execution on a cross by the Roman authorities. But how many of us know the “purposes” of his death. Jesus wasn’t just killed in a tragic series of events…He purposed to die.
John Piper wrote a book a few years back called, “The 50 Reasons Jesus Came to Die”. In it he listed 50 things Jesus “purposed” for us in his death. What did God achieve for sinners like us in sending his Son to die? Over the 2009 Lenten season, I’ll blog my comments and thoughts about each of these 50 things.
