Here is a video of Mark Driscoll interviewing RC Sproul and Sproul giving his opinion that Christology is the most important issue.

This relates to Adventism as there is still an ongoing battle over the nature of Christ and its implications for the gospel.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/30/sproul-what-is-the-biggest-upcoming-theological-battle/

Stan

Stan Ermshar - 01 December 2009 12:41 PM

Here is a video of Mark Driscoll interviewing RC Sproul and Sproul giving his opinion that Christology is the most important issue.

This relates to Adventism as there is still an ongoing battle over the nature of Christ and its implications for the gospel.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/30/sproul-what-is-the-biggest-upcoming-theological-battle/

Stan

This is a powerful clip and it certainly rings true—even as we’ve seen and are seeing on this forum.  To mischaracterize what Christ did on the cross is to denigrate what He accomplished for us as our Substitute for what we deserve as children of wrath.  The picture may not be pleasant, but it is biblical and should be the best news we’ve ever heard.

Amen Aaron, and thanks for posting that link Stan. I never tire of hearing those wonderful truths of the Gospel. Powerful indeed!

Nate

It was also great to hear Dr. Sproul refer to the Heidelberg Catechism. Question 1 summarizes some of the most beautiful truths taught in the Scriptures. Our church has used it recently in the liturgy as the corporate confession of faith.

Q. What is your only comfort in life and death?
A. That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who, with His precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by His Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto Him.

Soli Deo Gloria!

Nate

Dr. RC Sproul said above that it is the imputation of Christ’s righteousness that is really the most important issue confronting the Christian church.

Here is an excellent piece reviewing the wonderful doctrine of Justification by faith:

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2009/12/23/justification-–-declared-righteous-romans-51/

Take a moment to savor the blessing of justification that is yours in Jesus Christ. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God (Romans 5:1).

Justified is a legal word. Rather like “sentenced” or “condemned,” it describes a verdict. When God justifies, He declares or pronounces a person to be righteous. When He condemns, He pronounces a person guilty.

Justification and condemnation are about declaring, or recognizing something that is already true. When justice prevails, an innocent man will be acquitted and a guilty man will be sentenced.

Being acquitted does not make a man innocent; it is the man’s innocence that leads to him being acquitted. Being sentenced does not make a man a criminal, it is the man’s crime that leads to him being sentenced.

As a matter of simple justice, we should expect God to condemn sinners and justify the righteous. But here is something truly amazing: God justifies sinners.

Try to let that massive contradiction sink into your mind. God justifies sinners! How can God do that?

God presented Jesus as a propitiation for our sins (Romans 3:25). That means that when Jesus died, all the anger and hostility that God rightly has towards sin, wickedness, and evil was poured out on Him. God’s judgment was like a cup poured out, and Jesus drank all of it. At the cross Christ absorbed the judgment of God that was due to us because of our sin.

Faith unites you to Christ, and when you are “in Christ” God counts all your sin as His, and all His righteousness as yours. He bore your condemnation, and you are justified in Him.  Through the cross, God demonstrated His justice so as to be just and, at the same time, the One who justifies those who have faith in Jesus (Roman 3:26).

If God only justified godly people, how could we have any hope? But God justifies sinners. Through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and declared righteous by faith in His blood.

Thomas Chalmers used to say, “What would I do if God did not justify the ungodly?” Thank God for that amazing grace that is yours in Christ today.
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This is the most blessed gift that we could ask for.

A blessed Christmas everyone!

Stan