Have you ever struggled to find the significance and beauty of the sacrifices in the Old Testament? Most of us have at some point or another. Mark Dever and Michael Lawrence set out to exegete crucial Old Testament texts that shadow what was accomplished by Christ on the cross.
The truth that man MUST have a substitute for our sins in order to be spared from God's just wrath is at the very heart of the Gospel. Dever and Lawrence bring this out in a totality from the Old Testament all the way to looking at the actual words and work of Christ in the New Testament. From there they look at the depiction of Christ and His suffering from Isaiah 52 & 53. Bringing it home by then looking at what God has revealed about the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. They highlights the comprehensive and permanent nature of the salvation that God has provided by His grace. Climaxing in the understanding that the beauty in the life of a Christian comes from understanding the Gospel more, so that we learn to enjoy God fully as our all-sufficient Savior and see the benefits of our having been redeemed as being far more precious than any mass of worldly treasures and pleasures. In light of so great a salvation, how could we not trust Him more daily? One last note, I definitely appreciated there thorough use of Scripture to make their points as well as their constant encouragement to unbelievers, who might be reading the book, to repent and for the believer to guard their heart against legalism and self-righteousness.
Five out of five stars! Highly recommended! Great for individual study or small group.
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Five out of five stars! Highly recommended! Great for individual study or small group.
Pick it up from 9Marks Ministries or from Amazon.com
