Sin and Grace
“We can think of forgiveness as something real only when we hold that sin has betrayed us into a situation where we deserve to have God inflict upon us the most serious consequences, and that it is upon such a situation that God’s grace supervenes.
When the logic of the situation demands that He should take action against the sinner, and He yet takes action for him, then and only then can we speak of grace. But there is no room for grace if there is no suggestion of dire consequences merited by sin.”
- Leon Morris, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross (London, England: The Tyndale Press, 1955), 185.
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Hello dear brother,
Your website is a great blessing to me. I have it bookmarked on top of my yahoo page, so the quote is the first thing I see and read every morning. Thank you for taking the time to bless us with these quotes that encourage us and spur us on in the faith.
Soli deo gloria,
Ron Foster