"We should always view ourselves both in terms of what we are in Christ, that is, saints, and what we are in ourselves, namely, sinners....while we should always rejoice in the righteousness we have in Christ, we should never cease to feel deeply our own sinfulness and consequent unworthiness."
A "Puritan preacher was reputed to have said, 'Even our tears of repentance need to be washed in the blood of the Lamb.' So our best works can never earn us one bit of favor with God. Let us then turn our attention from our own performance, whether it seems good or bad to us, and look to the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is God's provision for our sin, not only on the day we trusted Christ for our salvation but every day of our Christian lives."
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace
2 comments:
Great quote.
This was probably the best book I read this year!
I take it that you are currently reading it?
Yes,
I just started it this weekend, and I'm loving it.
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