On the Importance of the Doctrine of The Sufficiency of the Cross

Check out Tony's latest post at The Shepherd's Scrapbook. Tony is writing on the theme of "the sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice." Tony's post is both an affirmation and a warning. In the category of affirmation:

Rather than some optional, ornate fixture hung on Christianity, understanding of the sufficiency of Christ’s work is very central to saving faith. At the most fundamental level "there is salvation in no one else" (Acts 4:12).

And in the category of warning:

On the flip site of this cross-sufficiency, the Scriptural warnings are also very clear. If we misunderstand the sufficiency of the cross we misunderstand the very heart of saving faith. Paul told the Galatians—a church lured by a ‘gospel’ of Christ + self-righteousness—that to believe Christ’s death was insufficient to secure eternal salvation was comparable to "deserting" God himself, to completely chucking the true gospel, a tragic "falling away from grace" (1:6, 5:4).

And don't miss the Jonathan Edwards quotation at the end!