6.14.2007

Quote on Loving Others

All the benefits of Christ—all the blessings that flow from God being for us and not against us—rest on the redeeming work of Christ as our Substitute. If God is for us, who can be against us? With this confidencethat God is our omnipotent Father and is committed to working all things together for our everlasting joy in himwe will love others. God has so designed and ordered things that invisible faith, which embraces Christ as infinitely worthy, gives rise to acts of love that make the worth of Christ visible. Thus, our sacrifices of love do not have any hand in establishing the fact that God is completely for us, now and forever. It’s the reverse: The fact that God is for us establishes our sacrifices of love. If he were not totally for us, we would not persevere in faith and would not therefore be able to make sacrifices of love.

John Piper
Excerpt from new book, The Future of Justification

3 comments:

Carol said...

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Different subject now but which of the shoes you wore are the ones you like the best. Shorter heel or higher heel?

cj

Unknown said...

hmm...I don't know if answering this question will spark new ideas for the pranksters out there, but I think the kind I like the best are a flatter heel. If I could wear flip flops all the time I would! I do have shoes with a higher heel but I usually wear them for work or special occasions.

Julie Garner said...

Um...how about a new post or two? Just a thought!

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