This is a beautiful book. It looks at 12 things God does with your sin and three things he doesn't. Storms does a fabulous job at explaining and illustrating what things mean. For instance, he talks about what it means when God says he removes your sins as far as the east is from the west or what it means when he casts your sins into the sea. He writes in a way that is easy to understand. It's hope-giving, encouraging and comforting.

He talks about how we all at times fear that Jesus' sacrifice wasn't enough because we know how sinful we are. He walks through the twelve things one by one and shows how thoroughly Jesus took care of our sins so that they can NEVER be used against us. It felt like being bathed in grace.

One story I found particularly poignant was when he talked about the look Jesus gave to Peter as Peter denied him. We might imagine it was a look of disgust or disbelief. Yet Jesus looked on him with compassion and love. Peter's denial wasn't a surprise to Jesus. Jesus was going to the cross to pay the price for that and every one of Peter's sins.

I think this is an excellent book and I'd highly recommend it. Thank you to Crossway for providing me with a free e-copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

First sentence: Sometimes profound truths are tucked away in obscure and neglected places.

A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin is a great little book for believers of all ages and stages. It is beneficial if you're a brand new believer. It is beneficial if you have been a believer for decades. It's been said many times that believers need to preach the gospel to themselves daily. Though that certainly isn't the only purpose of A Dozen Things God Did With Your Sin, it's one of the consequences. For of reminding us what God has done with our sin, it points us again and again and again to Jesus Christ.

So the premise of this one is straightforward enough. It shares TWELVE things God has done with our sins. Those twelve can be seen in the table of contents:

He Laid Your Sin upon His Son
He Has Forgiven You of Your Sins
He Has Cleansed You of Your Sin
He Has Covered Your Sin
He Has Cast All Your Sin Behind His Back
He Has Removed Your Sin as Far as the East is from the West
He Has Passed Over Your Sin
He Has Trampled Your Sin Underfoot
He Has Cast Your Sin Into the Sea
He Has Blotted Out Your Sin
He Has Turned His Face Away From Your Sin
He Has Forgotten Your Sin and Refuses to Remember It

Each chapter has scriptural supports and a bit of expository teaching. (Perhaps not as much as you'd find in a commentary or from the pulpit of a good expositor. But more than you'd find in 99% of devotional books.)

The book also includes three things He doesn't and never will do with our sins. (Those are not mentioned in the table of contents.)

The book also includes a chapter on the gospel. (Though readers will have been exposed at least twelve times previously to the heart of the gospel). And a LOVELY concluding chapter on the "uttermost" and "always" of Hebrews 7:25.

The book is great for teaching believers about assurance, reconciliation, and the gospel itself. Why does it matter? Because our theology informs--or should inform--HOW we live out our lives day by day, hour by hour. Our spiritual health is vital, and these truths are medicine for the soul.

I find Storms to have an incredible gift in making heavy theological subject matter seem accessible to the layperson. With A dozen things God did with your sin (And three things He'll never do), we find yet again, a pastor speaking to his audience with a methodology that places one at ease. Too often we are faced with an onslaught of Bible verses and are expected to exposit them ourselves. Storms does this for us.
If you are a believer, no matter how far along your Christian walk, I can highly suggest you pick this up. With a world in absolute turmoil, we may find ourselves looking in the mirror, wondering what we have done to bring these issues into our lives. Was it our fault? If we didn't sin in a particular manner, would it have changed the outcome of some instance? These questions are answered. Not only that but we are shown a picture of Christ that will make us sleep with ease at night. He is a forgiving God. A loving God. A merciful God.

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Summary quote for the book: The gospel can accomplish what science cannot.

Review: I haven’t read anything from Sam Storms before. I will definitely be seeking out more of his books. This book has incredible timing with what’s going on in our world right now. This book doesn’t just tell us that God has dealt with our sin, throws a bunch of verses at you & inspire with unnecessary fluff or feel good anecdotes.

This is a soaking experience. Relevant truth from Scripture. Deeper look into the true meaning that anyone can understand. Questions & prayers for further reflection & self discovery. I love that this didn’t go above any heads. This was an easy read while yet deep diving under the surface. The author clearly is passionate in his desire for the reader to know without a doubt that they are loved and their sin is no more, not because of who the reader is; but who God is.

You may have heard verses from the Bible that tell us that God doesn’t remember our sin or that he has tossed our sin into the bottom of the sea. But what do those verses actually mean?

With solid theology and a pastor’s heart, author Sam Storms walks us through 12 things that God has done with our sin (and three things he’ll never do) because of Christ’s sacrifice. It is an invitation to cease dwelling on past failures and rejoice in the freedom Christ has given us. If you’ve ever struggled to believe that God has *really* forgiven you, this book is for you.

I loved the section in which Storms walked through Psalm 103, which says that God’s steadfast love toward us is so great as to be compared to the distance between Heaven and earth. So the author spelled out how great that distance actually is based on what is known about our universe. I could have wept just meditating on that alone.

Another solid resource from Crossway. If you benefited from reading Gentle and Lowly, this would be a great follow up.