“The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage
― Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage
PSALM 79-81
11“But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.
12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13“If my people would only listen to me,
if Israel would only follow my ways,
14how quickly I would subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!(81:11-14)
ROMANS 8:1-18
12Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
14For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.f And by him we cry, “Abba,g Father.” 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
JOURNAL
Living according to the spirit of God puts us into an entire new realm of mind and spirit. It is a realm where the concerns o the body no longer rule. It is a realm where obedience trumps pleasure, where dedication trumps security. It is a realm where sacrifice is a given and love for God and fellow man is the only thing that matters.
To live this way is to live every day and every moment in full surrender to God as a co-heir with Christ. This is impossible for me, a mere human, to consider myself a co-heir with Christ. To accept and embrace this reality is to be humbled in my own weakness and failure and to completely empty myself into God's grace and love.
To live this way is to live every day and every moment in full surrender to God as a co-heir with Christ. This is impossible for me, a mere human, to consider myself a co-heir with Christ. To accept and embrace this reality is to be humbled in my own weakness and failure and to completely empty myself into God's grace and love.
PROVERBS 3:5-6
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