Our series so far has tried to show the biblical evidence that Jesus’s death is substitutionary, Jesus dying in our place so that we don’t have to. https://jotsandscribbles.blog/2025/08/23/is-jesus-death-substitutionary/Then we saw evidence that Jesus’ death is him taking the just penalty for our sin in our place so that we receive the blessing he has earned https://jotsandscribbles.blog/2025/08/24/is-jesus-death-penal/. Thirdly, … Continue reading The pastoral power of penal substitution- once for all forgiveness
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The explanatory power of penal substitution- why can’t God just forgive?
Our series so far has tried to show the biblical evidence that Jesus’s death is substitutionary, Jesus dying in our place so that we don’t have to. https://jotsandscribbles.blog/2025/08/23/is-jesus-death-substitutionary/Then we saw evidence that Jesus’ death is him taking the just penalty for our sin in our place so that we receive the blessing he has earned … Continue reading The explanatory power of penal substitution- why can’t God just forgive?
Does Jesus bear God’s anger at the cross?
(This is the third in a series of posts exploring penal substitutionary atonement. The first and second are here: https://jotsandscribbles.blog/2025/08/23/is-jesus-death-substitutionary/ https://jotsandscribbles.blog/2025/08/24/is-jesus-death-penal/) So far I have shown that there is good biblical evidence for the Jesus' death being substitutionary (he dies in our place so that in some sense we don't have to die) and penal … Continue reading Does Jesus bear God’s anger at the cross?
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