Adam writes in to ask this,

Pastor John recently at the Passion Conference in Atlanta, Georgia,

I heard you say on stage that Romans 3.25

is the most important verse in all of the Bible.

Why is that? Well, I'm glad he picked up on it because I did say that

and actually what I said was, it might not be,

but if somebody put a gun to my head and made me choose,

this is the verse I would choose.

And here's my reason. Well, let me read the verse first,

because not everybody will know what it is.

Romans 3.25 says, God put Christ forward as a propitiation by his blood

to be received by faith.

This was to show God's righteousness

because in his divine forbearance he passed over former sins.

I think that's the most important verse in the Bible.

Now, what in the world? Why would I say that?

Because it describes the two most amazing remedies

for the two most horrific problems of mankind in the universe.

So if you do a survey, what's the biggest problem of mankind?

Very few people would say the wrath of God, but it is.

The wrath of God is the greatest problem.

And now here in this verse, you got peace upon peace upon peace

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