John Piper, Desiring God, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1996, p. 59.
The good news is that God Himself has decreed a way to satisfy the demands of His justice without condemning the whole human race. Hell is one way to settle accounts with sinners and uphold his justice. But there is another way. The wisdom of God has ordained a way for the love of God to deliver us from the wrath of God without compromising the justice of God. And what is this wisdom? The death of the Son of God for sinners!
John Piper, Desiring God, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1996, p. 59.