Sin Condemned, Freedom Secured

Light + Truth

Desiring God

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How does the cross offer peace to tormented consciences? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:1–4 to declare that a Christian’s sin was condemned in the sinless flesh of Christ.

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0:00.0	The Lord laid on him
0:08.2	John Piper's
0:11.6	iniquity.
0:12.9	So when it says in verse three,
0:15.8	God condemned
0:18.2	sin in the flesh of his only son who is only in the likeness of sinful flesh and therefore had no sin.
0:28.1	He means God condemned my sin and your sin if you are in Christ Jesus.
0:38.3	And that's goodness.
0:41.3	That's the gospel.
0:44.3	Hi, I'm your host, Dan Kruver.
0:48.3	How can the cross offer peace to even the most tormented conscience. In this episode of
0:56.4	light and truth, John Piper opens Romans 8 verses 1 to 4 to declare the good news
1:04.0	that the Christians every sin was condemned in the sinless flesh of Jesus Christ.
1:11.6	This message was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on October 14, 2001.
1:19.6	Father, we want now to continue our exaltation over you by opening your word together
1:32.2	and asking that you would stand forth from it.
1:39.5	I pray that by the spirit we might see and taste Christ in and under, above and behind the word that he has spoken.
1:56.8	And I pray that it would be a saving word and a strengthening word.
2:02.1	Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
2:07.8	So, Father, I ask that any among us who is not a hearty believer in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and treasure would be brought by the power of your word to trust and treasure Jesus.
2:32.6	I pray for your help now to open these words faithfully, truly.
2:39.4	Protect me from pride and fear and Satan.
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