I'm going to start this thread with J. I. Packer's words.
Penal Substitution in focus,
The built-in function of the human mind that we call conscience tells everyone, uncomfortably, that when we have misbehaved we ought to suffer for it, and to that extent, conscience is truly the voice of God.
Both testaments, then, confirm that judicial retribution from God awaits all whose sins are not covered by a substitutionary sacrifice: in the Old Testament, the sacrifice of an animal; in the New Testament, the sacrifice of Christ. He, the holy Son of God in sinless human flesh, has endured what Calvin called "the pains of a condemned and lost person" so that we, trusting him as our Savior and Lord, might receive pardon for the past and a new life in him and with him for the present and the future. Tellingly Paul, having announced "the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation [i.e., wrath quencher] by his blood, to be received by faith," goes on to say: "it was to show his righteousness at the present time so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus" (Rom, 3:24-26 ESV). Just justification - justified justification - through the doing of justice in penal substitution is integral to the message of the gospel.
I have come across many who disagree with PSA.
I’m all for and agree with PSA. I agree that Jesus suffered the Fathers wrath in our place. I also believe in imputation,
Thoughts?
Penal Substitution in focus,
The built-in function of the human mind that we call conscience tells everyone, uncomfortably, that when we have misbehaved we ought to suffer for it, and to that extent, conscience is truly the voice of God.
Both testaments, then, confirm that judicial retribution from God awaits all whose sins are not covered by a substitutionary sacrifice: in the Old Testament, the sacrifice of an animal; in the New Testament, the sacrifice of Christ. He, the holy Son of God in sinless human flesh, has endured what Calvin called "the pains of a condemned and lost person" so that we, trusting him as our Savior and Lord, might receive pardon for the past and a new life in him and with him for the present and the future. Tellingly Paul, having announced "the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation [i.e., wrath quencher] by his blood, to be received by faith," goes on to say: "it was to show his righteousness at the present time so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus" (Rom, 3:24-26 ESV). Just justification - justified justification - through the doing of justice in penal substitution is integral to the message of the gospel.
I have come across many who disagree with PSA.
I’m all for and agree with PSA. I agree that Jesus suffered the Fathers wrath in our place. I also believe in imputation,
Thoughts?