Saturday, October 15

Love to Christ

It is all a delusion for any one to think he can love the Infinite Spirit as manifested in nature or in the Scriptures, if he does not recognise and love that same God in the clearest revelation of his character, in his most definite personal manifestation, loving us and giving himself for us. Love to Christ includes adoring admiration of his person, desire for his presence, zeal for his glory, and devotion to his service. It need not be ecstatic, but it must be controlling.

— Charles Hodge
A Commentary on Ephesians
(Carlisle, Pa.: Banner of Truth, 1856, 1991), 294