God's remedy for condemnation is justification by faith on the basis of the righteousness

of Jesus Christ alone apart from works of the law.

God's remedy for my depravity is sanctification by faith, which is progressive

built on the rock-solid foundation of justification by faith alone. They are not identical

and they are not separable.

So how does God address the depth and breadth of our need for salvation? That's the question

John Piper answers from Romans 5, 12 to 21 in this episode of Light and Truth. This sermon was originally

preached at Bethlehem Baptist Church on August 27, 2000.

Let me summarize these two parts of original sin. One, I'm a sinner, I'm bad, I'm corrupt, I'm rebellious, I'm depraved. I don't just do bad things. I need to be

fixed at the core of my being. My nature cries out to something's got to die here. Something's got

be born again here. Something's got to be created here. That's the first

thing. And the second thing of original sin is deeper than that, deeper than anybody by human reason

ever dreams, I got implicated in my forefathers' guilt and condemnation,

such that I'm under the wrath of God,

and I need a substitute righteousness,

just like I had a substitute condemner.

And Jesus comes as a

second Adam to replace

the first Adam and be

righteous where he was sinner

and be obedient, where he was

disobedient, so that as I was

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