Monday, November 17

Obedience acceptable to God

Believers obey Christ as the one by whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect and unable to abide in God’s presence. Therefore, they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, who adds incense to their prayers, gathers out all the weeds from their duties and makes them acceptable to God.

— John Owen, quoted by Jerry Bridges in
The Discipline of Grace
(Colorado Springs, Co.: , Co.: , Co.: NavPress), 42