The only people who get better

“The only people who get better are people who know that, if they never get better, God will love them anyway.”

—Steve Brown, A Scandalous Freedom (West Monroe, LA: Howard Books, 2004), 68-69

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  1. How does this square with the necessity of sanctification, or with Lordship salvation?

  2. Aaron, this is the gospel mystery of sanctification. Trust gives us strength to fight sin in a way fear never can.

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