John Piper: “The basis of our hope that God is for us…. is the death and righteousness of Christ, counted as ours through faith alone.”

Sometimes John Piper can appear to sound a little “off” with regards to justification, sanctification, and glorification. As with anything else, it’s always good to at least offer a charitable reading in context. For example, this excerpt from the Conclusion (pages 184-186) in The Future of Justification is quite good.

Here I Stand
Our only hope for living the radical demands of the Christian life is that God is totally for us now and forever. Therefore, God has not ordained that living the Christian life should be the basis of our hope that God is for us. That basis is the death and righteousness of Christ, counted as ours through faith alone. On the cross Christ endured for us all the punishment required of us because of our sin. And in order that God, as our Father, might be completely for us and not against us forever, Christ has performed…