They're easy when I see that it's been a week since I wrote my last post, and it has only felt like about two days. How did that happen?
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“How dare you approach the mercy-seat of God on the basis of what kind of day you had, as if that were the basis for our entrance into the presence of the sovereign and holy God? No wonder we cannot beat the Devil. This is works theology. It has nothing to do with grace and the exclusive sufficiency of Christ. Nothing.
Do you not understand that we overcome the accuser on the ground of the blood of Christ? Nothing more, nothing less. That is how we win. It is the only way we win. This is the only ground of our acceptance before God. If you drift far from the cross, you are done. You are defeated.
We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood of the Lamb.”
—D.A. Carson, Scandalous: The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus
I like the quotes you post. ;) You should do it more often. :P
ReplyDeleteLove him.
ReplyDeleteGood quote. I like quotes.
Good quotes need to be posted. So true too right?
ReplyDelete"How DARE you approach the throne based on what kind of day you had."
I'm going to make a poster out of that and hang it on my wall. Love it.