Mind Potter

This is the sixth post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.

Chapter 6 – Made Like His Brethren

Utter vs. Total Depravity:

• “Utter depravity would mean that man is as bad, as corrupt, as he possibly could be.”
• “Total depravity … meant that sin—its power, its influence, its inclination—affects the whole person.

Two perspectives of goodness and badness:

• External performance and the “consideration of the heart”

The Just Man:

• “We have one unjust party (man) and two just parties. We have a just God and a just Mediator, Who is altogether holy. The Mediator is the One Who came to satisfy the requirements of the just God on behalf of the unjust race of man. He is the One Who makes the unjust party just. He is the only One Who could do so.”

Is Jesus death enough?

• “If Jesus took all the sins I’ve ever committed on His back and took the punishment for me, that would not get me into the kingdom of God. It would be good enough to keep me out of hell, but I still would not be just. I would be innocent, if you will, but still not just in a positive sense.

Forensic Justification and Imputation:

• “Not only is the sin of man imputed to Christ, but the righteousness of Christ is transferred to us, to our account.”
• “… the righteousness of Christ that is transferred to us is the righteousness He achieved by living under the Law for thirty-three years without once sinning.
  o “… not only did Jesus die for us, He lived for us.”

Justification by Faith Alone:

• “… the only means by which the righteousness and the merit of Christ can come into our accounts and be applied to us is by faith.”

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