"Let Us Keep to the Point"

"God does forgive, but it cost the rending of His heart in the Death of Christ to enable Him to do so. The great miracle of the grace of God is that He forgives sin, and it is the death of Jesus Christ alone that enables the Divine nature to forgive and to remain true to itself in doing so. It is shallow nonsense to say that God forgives us because He is love. When we have been convicted of sin we will never say this again. The love of God means Calvary, and nothing less; the love of God is spelt on the Cross and nowhere else. The only ground on which God can forgive me is through the Cross of my Lord. There, His conscience is satisfied." 

("My Utmost for His Highest", Oswald Chambers; 11/19)

"Christianity is not discipline, though discipline will enter into it. Christianity is not morality, but the moral laws will be followed. Christianity is not following a great example, but this will be done. Christianity is not living by laws or rules, it is living by grace. True Christianity starts with a new birth. "Ye must be born again" (John 3:7)  The new birth is God coming into your life and giving you a new nature- a nature of love to God and man. Nothing in life can make up for the lack of this, nothing can take it's place." 

("The Disciplines of the Christian Life", Eric Liddell)

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