Good Friday is the day each year that Christians celebrate the fact that Jesus was crucified. Why? Why do Christians celebrate such a horrific death? The reasons are many, but the main point is this: On the cross, Jesus traded places with us. All of our sin went to him and all of his righteousness came to us. When he cried out “it is finished” he meant it. He accomplished our eternal salvation and through the power of his cross, he’s coming back to make all things new.
John Piper has written a small book titled 50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die and has made it available to all for free in PDF format. Today, February 28th, is 50 days prior to Good Friday (April 18th). We want to invite you to join in with us and read one chapter of this book every day leading up to Good Friday. I believe this will help you delve deep into what Jesus accomplished for all who trust him and I believe your joy will skyrocket! We’re calling this 50 Days of 50 Reasons. Each chapter is only about 1 1/2 pages in length but packed full of gospel truth.
You can get your hands on 50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die in a HARD COPY of here, buy it on KINDLE here, download a PDF for free here, or read online by following the links below.
If you decide to be a part of 50 Days of 50 Reasons, be sure and share what you’re reading on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter by using the hashtag #50Days50Reasons.
50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
1 To Absorb the Wrath of God
2 To Please His Heavenly Father
3 To Learn Obedience and Be Perfected
4 To Achieve His Own Resurrection from the Dead
5 To Show the Wealth of God’s Love and Grace for Sinners
6 To Show His Own Love for Us
7 To Cancel the Legal Demands of the Law Against Us
8 To Become a Ransom for Many
9 For the Forgiveness of Our Sins
10 To Provide the Basis for Our Justification
11 To Complete the Obedience That Becomes Our Righteousness
12 To Take Away Our Condemnation
13 To Abolish Circumcision and All Rituals as the Basis of Salvation
14 To Bring Us to Faith and Keep Us Faithful
15 To Make Us Holy, Blameless, and Perfect
16 To Give Us a Clear Conscience
17 To Obtain for Us All Things That Are Good for Us
18 To Heal Us from Moral and Physical Sickness 54
19 To Give Eternal Life to All Who Believe on Him
20 To Deliver Us from the Present Evil Age
21 To Reconcile Us to God
22 To Bring Us to God
23 So That We Might Belong to Him
24 To Give Us Confident Access to the Holiest Place
25 To Become for Us the Place Where We Meet God
26 To Bring the Old Testament Priesthood to an End and Become the Eternal High Priest
27 To Become a Sympathetic and Helpful Priest
28 To Free Us from the Futility of Our Ancestry
29 To Free Us from the Slavery of Sin
30 That We Might Die to Sin and Live to Righteousness
31 So That We Would Die to the Law and Bear Fruit for God
32 To Enable Us to Live for Christ and Not Ourselves
33 To Make His Cross the Ground of All Our Boasting
34 To Enable Us to Live by Faith in Him
35 To Give Marriage Its Deepest Meaning
36 To Create a People Passionate for Good Works
37 To Call Us to Follow His Example of Lowliness and Costly Love
38 To Create a Band of Crucified Followers
39 To Free Us from Bondage to the Fear of Death
40 So That We Would Be with Him Immediately After Death
41 To Secure Our Resurrection from the Dead
42 To Disarm the Rulers and Authorities
43 To Unleash the Power of God in the Gospel
44 To Destroy the Hostility Between Races
45 To Ransom People from Every Tribe and Language and People and Nation
46 To Gather All His Sheep from Around the World
47 To Rescue Us from Final Judgment
48 To Gain His Joy and Ours
49 So That He Would Be Crowned with Glory and Honor
50 To Show That the Worst Evil Is Meant by God for Good
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*This is taken from John Piper’s book “The Passion of Jesus Christ,” which was later released under the name “50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die.” Please visit Desiring God’s Website for more gospel-centered resources from John Piper.