"This is our acquittal: the guilt that held us liable for punishment has been transferred to the the head of the Son of God [Isa. 53:12]. We must, above all, remember this substitution, lest we tremble and remain anxious throughout life--as if God's righteous vengeance, which the Son of God has taken upon himself, still hung over us."
John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion. (My current reading project in the 500th anniversary year of Calvin's birth.)
Since I began serving as a pastor 29 years ago, it has been my single resolution: to know and communicate "Christ and him crucified" (1 Cor. 2:2)
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