Sunday, October 16, 2011

Always begin again with the Gospel

“Martin Luther said this in his lectures on the Book of Romans, as he taught about believers growing spiritually

“He said that true spiritual progress was ‘always to begin again.’ In other words, he said we must daily “embrace the love and kindness of God . . . and daily exercise our faith therein; entertaining no doubt of God’s love and kindness.”    

“Always ‘begin again’ with the gospel. Abide in it; swim in it; make your home in it. See more and more of your life through it. Be absolutely convinced at every moment of every day of the goodness of God in your life. That’s the only way you’ll ever really grow.”

-- J.D. Greear, “Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary”

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