“Justification has destroyed the damning power of sin, and sanctification has defeated its reigning power; but glorification destroys its very being and existence.”~John Flavel
“At the Lord‘s first meeting with a sinner, the Lord opens his heart by Grace to let Him in, and there they sup together. There is a feast of love between them. No man can love Christ till He love him first, because our love of Christ is nothing else but an effect of this love to us. So we may learn to sing forever, a song of free grace shown in our conversion. “ Samuel Rutherford
The Epistle to Diognetus, written in the 2nd century, declares, “O the sweet exchange, O the incomprehensible work of God, O the unexpected blessings, that the sinfulness of many should be hidden in one righteous person, while the righteousness of one should justify many sinners!
For since the Word is in the Father, and the Spirit is given from the Word, he wills that we should receive the Spirit, that when we receive it, thus having the Spirit of the Word which is in the Father, we too may be found, on account of the Spirit, to become one in the Word...
Christ the true and faithful Israel experienced our Exile on the Cross so that we a cursed people might experience the ultimate Exodus by faith in Him! Matt 2:15
Whoever is truly humbled will not be easily angry, will not be rash, will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow sinners, knowing, that if there be any difference, it is grace that has made it.
— John Newton