“We believe that the extension of God’s grace happens to the degree that we prove ourselves faithful, to the degree of how hard we work.”
–Pictures of Grace, part 2 by Tullian Tchividjian
Asides
We are ungrateful when we don’t believe grace is enough. When we believe grace is all that is required, we are profoundly grateful
We are ungrateful when we don’t believe grace is enough. When we believe grace is all that is required, we are profoundly grateful
But in the end the sovereignty of God and the power of the gospel of Jesus, not the feasibility of our human plans, is the rock of hope and encouragement.
“But in the end the sovereignty of God and the power of the gospel of Jesus, not the feasibility of our human plans, is the rock of hope and encouragement.”
–Finish the Mission by John Piper
the beachhead of sanctification in the soul
“Regeneration, which Richard Lovelace calls “the beachhead of sanctification in the soul,” is God’s mysterious work of imparting new life to the soul.”
Christ Formed in You by Brian Hedges
“in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Corinthians 5:19 ESV)
“in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Corinthians 5:19 ESV)
Moral reformations can take place apart from Christ. History proves that. Mortal resurrections, on the other hand, require the Gospel. It requires Christ alone to come and do for us what we could never do for ourselves.”
“Moral reformations can take place apart from Christ. History proves that. Mortal resurrections, on the other hand, require the Gospel. It requires Christ alone to come and do for us what we could never do for ourselves.”
–Pictures of Grace, Part 1 by Tullian Tchividjian
Faith is a relinguishment of all work
“Faith is believing in and relying upon God. It is “not a work, but a relinquishment of all work, an unqualified trust in God who gives life to the dead (Rom. 4:17), who raised Christ from the dead (4:24), who in Christ gave ‘a righteousness from God.’”
–Christ Formed in You by Brian Hedges (location 1094 Kindle Edition)
God nourishes the soul
“For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience they are not the better for having heard the truth. The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their hearts.”
–The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer (location 85 Kindle Edition)
It was to our advantage for Jesus to depart
It was better that Jesus departed. The Spirit of Jesus now indwells the hearts of believers.
“Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you” (John 16:7 ESV)
“Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man.”
-The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer (location 95 Kindle edition)
The Gospel Centered Life 