“There is nothing whatever for you to do. By the stripes of Jesus we are healed. All those stripes he has endured and left not one of them for us to bear.” “But don’t we need to believe on him?” Yes, certainly. If I say a certain ointment heals, I do not deny that you need a bandage to apply it to the wound. Faith is the linen that binds the plaster of Christ’s reconciliation to the sore of our sin. The linen does not heal; that is the work of the ointment. So faith does not heal; that is the work of the atonement of Christ. “But we must repent,” cries another. Surely we must, and shall, for
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Is it possible to approach the gospel with presuppositions that render the gospel ineffective?
