In much of present-day evangelism it is assumed that the one thing man can do in the exercise of his own liberty is to believe in Christ for salvation. It is supposed that this is the one contribution that man himself must make to set the forces of salvation in operation and that even God himself can do nothing towards this end until there is this crucial decision on man’s own part. In this assessment there is total failure to reckon with human depravity, with the nature of the contradiction that sin involves. –From John Murray here.
I wanted to share this quote this Sunday morning. The most recent 20 years of church history and its emphasis on how we want to feel about our ourselves has eclipsed what we should feel. What is it that we should feel? Grace; both what we have been saved from, as well as what we have been saved unto.
We are saved from our despicable selves–including our fallen will. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, for the glory of God alone.
We are saved unto ”the exceeding riches of God’s grace.” “It contemplates the highest conceivable destiny that could be bestowed upon creatures; conformity to the image of God’s own Son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren (cf. Rom. 8:29).” I thought this article was worth sharing.
