
The Necessity of Satisfaction in the Election of Grace | John Owen
Deep Dive into The Death of Death in the Death of Christ by John Owen - A Digression, Containing the Substance of an Occasional Conference Concerning the Satisfaction of Christ
John Owen’s text recounts a theological debate regarding the relationship between divine election and the necessity of Christ’s satisfaction. He challenges the view that because God eternally loves the elect, they were never truly under wrath or in need of a legal atonement for sin. Owen argues that while God’s purpose to save is eternal, it does not change a person's actual state of guilt until it is applied in time…
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