tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post3827343890364597498..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: First Address: The Great Exchange, Jerry Bridges (PCRT 2009 Sacramento)Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-47825509528830459052009-03-14T23:38:00.000-07:002009-03-14T23:38:00.000-07:00Great message, I really enjoyed it and meeting you...Great message, I really enjoyed it and meeting you there. God bless!Lockheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433104440503646253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-27643044365257213602009-03-14T09:29:00.000-07:002009-03-14T09:29:00.000-07:00"Not by works of righteousness which we have done,..."Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost."<BR/><BR/>Too often we under appreciate the work of Christ. Too often our baptism is couched in what we have done and yet need to do. The renewing to walk is a work of the Holy Spirit. Scripture tells us that we are his craftmanship, created to do good works, that he works in us both the willing and the doing of his good pleasure, prepared for us before the world began. How then can it fail? Only by denying that it is not finished.<BR/><BR/>The power of newness of life which we "dedicate ourselves" to, is the same power that "caused us to walk" in his statutes, that same power which raised Christ from the dead and will also give life to our <B><I>mortal</I></B> bodies. What a wonder we miss when we do not reckon in Christ's obedience, his life. His resurrection, our regeneration, will produce life in us, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, now. Therefore we make it all the more our goal to live lives pleasing to God.<BR/><BR/>Baptism is not about us, as Titus shows, it is about Christ and him alone. We understand this thing, that if that is true and we have died with Christ, then we will also live in Christ. That is the magnificence of this Cup: that it not only removed from us the wrath of God, but in doing so restored us to fullness of life. That truth, we should never diminish by placing ourselves into focus in baptism. It is about him, his finished work in securing the promises that will fall to the heirs of promise. How is it we dedictate then, by knowing it is finished and that confidence in him carries us by His Spirit, that even though we are not righteous, we have become the righteouness of God in Christ Jesus.<BR/><BR/>Nice work Dan.Strong Towerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834108238546908018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-76329222945732089712009-03-14T09:11:00.000-07:002009-03-14T09:11:00.000-07:00Oh, that is so great. I wish I could too. Give eac...Oh, that is so great. I wish I could too. Give each other & wives my love!<BR/><BR/>(c:<BR/><BR/>(Lots more words to come today)DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-3956890916952325212009-03-14T08:26:00.000-07:002009-03-14T08:26:00.000-07:00What an amazing day of liveblogging!And it's got t...What an amazing day of liveblogging!<BR/><BR/>And it's got to be a record day for our blog. That's surely more words than any one of us has ever written for the blog in a single day--including the day we took on the no-lordship antinomians.<BR/><BR/>And I've gotta make some new graphics. Soon.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Dan. I have thoroughly enjoyed the conference. Wish we could have been there.<BR/><BR/>Instead, Darlene and I are going to see Frank Turk today. Wish you could be <I>here.</I>Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-68683113912478100002009-03-14T07:20:00.000-07:002009-03-14T07:20:00.000-07:00When I think about the Gospel, I think about 2 Cor...When I think about the Gospel, I think about 2 Corinthians 5:21. I know all the "The-Gospel-is-too-small" folks say we're all supposed to think about 1 Corinthians 15 when we think about a bare-bones Gospel, but 2Cor 5 too wonderfully captures that "Great Exchange" that Bridges talks about. <BR/><BR/>Messages like his and notes like yours cause me to fall to my knees in worship and thanksgiving.Mike Riccardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748453197783538367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-50580284493443624942009-03-13T23:50:00.000-07:002009-03-13T23:50:00.000-07:00It seems like it must have been a powerful address...It seems like it must have been a powerful address—similar in impact or depth, perhaps, to R.C. Sproul's at T4G last year.<BR/><BR/>His citing of those passages referring to the cup of the wrath of God—as describing the cup that Jesus asked our Father to let pass from Him—has blown me away, quite frankly. Yeah, yeah, I knew it already in an abstract, theological sense, but rereading Psalm 78 in all its vividness:<BR/><BR/><I>...It is God who executes judgment,<BR/> putting down one and lifting up another.<BR/>For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup<BR/> with foaming wine, well mixed,<BR/>and he pours out from it,<BR/> and all the wicked of the earth<BR/> shall drain it down to the dregs.</I><BR/><BR/>in light of the knowledge that this is what Christ bore on the Cross for us, out of a love for us that we can <B><I>never, ever earn or deserve</I></B> being wholly unrighteous sinners, and all for the glory of God...<BR/><BR/>Truly, to God alone belong all glory and power and dominion, forever and ever. Amen!Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-32141517953006257022009-03-13T21:24:00.000-07:002009-03-13T21:24:00.000-07:00Dan, you may not know me. I am more of a reader of...Dan, you may not know me. I am more of a reader of your blog, than a poster/commenter. I was sitting in the front row on the left-hand side when I saw you walk past me, wearing the famous "Pyromaniacs" shirt. It took several moments before it dawned on me that you were the live-blogger for the PCRT 2009 Conference. <BR/>I truly enjoyed Bridges' address today. It served as both a reminder and an encouragement of the powerful, foundational doctrine of justification in Christ's atoning work on the cross. I eagerly look forward to the many addresses that shall be given throughout tomorrow. <BR/>And perhaps, if circumstances would have it, maybe I will be able to meet you!Jonathan Ginnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12343870569564703593noreply@blogger.com