TheThirdandReformedAdam
Puritan Board Freshman
Christ was able to pay our infinite debt because He, being God, was infinite in His person. However, I have been confused concerning how this infinite gap was paid via His divine nature (what happened to Him concerning His divine nature that was infinite). Here's how John Piper answers that question: "It's determined by the difference between the glory that he had with the Father in heaven and the ignominy that he suffered, naked and hanging like a piece of meat as the Son of God on the cross. It's that distance that is the magnitude that provides the scope needed in his suffering to cover an eternity in hell and to cover the sins of millions of people... Christ, being an infinite person, became so low that that drop in suffering, that drop in indignity was such a huge drop—it was an infinite drop—that it suffices to cover the sins of millions and to cover the entire length of eternity that we deserve to be in hell." Any thoughts on this? I don't feel qualified to take a strong stance on this quote. Does this view do harm to the deity of the Second Person of the Trinity, or is it a satisfactory answer?
