The
doctrine of justification by faith (a Biblical truth, and a blessed relief from
sterile legalism and unavailing self-effort) has in our times fallen into evil
company and has been interpreted by many in such a manner as actually to bar men
from the knowledge of God. The whole transaction of religious conversion has
been made mechanical and spiritless. Faith may now be exercised without a jar to
the moral life and without embarrassment to the Adamic ego. Christ may be
"received" without creating any special love for Him in the soul of the
receiver. The man is "saved", but he is not hungry or thirsty after God. In
fact, he is specifically taught to be satisfied and encouraged to be content
with little. The modern scientist has lost God amid the wonders of His world; we
Christians are in real danger of losing God amid the wonders of His Word. -
A. W. Tozer
Night
and day I pondered until I saw the connection between the justice of God and the
statement that 'the just shall live by his faith.' Then I grasped that the
justice of God is that righteousness by which through grace and sheer mercy God
justifies us through faith. Thereupon I felt myself to be reborn and to have
gone through open doors into paradise. - Martin Luther
There
are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done, and those to
whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way” - C. S. Lewis
The
doctrine of justification by faith (a Biblical truth, and a blessed relief from
sterile legalism and unavailing self-effort) has in our times fallen into evil
company and has been interpreted by many in such a manner as actually to bar men
from the knowledge of God. The whole transaction of religious conversion has
been made mechanical and spiritless. Faith may now be exercised without a jar to
the moral life and without embarrassment to the Adamic ego. Christ may be
"received" without creating any special love for Him in the soul of the
receiver. The man is "saved", but he is not hungry or thirsty after God. In
fact, he is specifically taught to be satisfied and encouraged to be content
with little. The modern scientist has lost God amid the wonders of His world; we
Christians are in real danger of losing God amid the wonders of His Word. -
A. W. Tozer
Night
and day I pondered until I saw the connection between the justice of God and the
statement that 'the just shall live by his faith.' Then I grasped that the
justice of God is that righteousness by which through grace and sheer mercy God
justifies us through faith. Thereupon I felt myself to be reborn and to have
gone through open doors into paradise. - Martin Luther
There
are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done, and those to
whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way” - C. S. Lewis