“Our substitute, then, who
took our place and dies our death on the cross, was neither Christ alone (since
that would make him a third party thrust in between God and us), nor God alone
(since that would undermine the historical incarnation) but God in Christ, who was truly and fully
both God and man and who on that account was uniquely qualified to represent
both God and man and to mediate between them. If we speak only of Christ
suffering and dying, we overlook the initiative of the Father. If we speak only
of God suffering and dying, we overlook the mediation of the Son.”
~ John Stott, The Cross of Christ,
p. 156.
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