Because the Cross has happened
“Nothing is so well fitted to put the fear of God … into the heart, as an enlightened view of the cross of Christ. There shine spotless holiness, inflexible justice, incomprehensible wisdom, omnipotent power, holy love. None of these excellencies darken or eclipse the other, but every one of them rather gives a lustre to the rest. They mingle their beams, and shine with united eternal splendour: the just Judge, the merciful Father, the wise Governor. Nowhere does justice appear so awful, mercy so amiable, or wisdom so profound.” (John Brown, Expository Discourses on I Peter, 2 vols. (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1975), 1:472–3, as quoted by Jerry Bridges, The Joy of Fearing God at 76) “For the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” ( 1 Corinthians 1:18 ) North-South Highway, some way between KL and Ipoh Reading the quoted excerpt...