On the night before Jesus died, he prayed a prayer that puts God’s plan of redemption on display. The opening verses of the prayer (John 17:1-5) reveal the driving motive that lay behind all that Jesus came to do: the glory of God. Contrary to our tendency to evaluate the value of all things according…
The eighth chapter of the Baptist Confession addresses the subject of “Christ the Mediator.” It presents a broad description of Jesus Christ’s person and work. The heart of the chapter is Jesus’ “perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which he through the eternal Spirit once offered up unto God,” [through which he] “fully satisfied the…