Thanks to Pastor Jim Gunn for this word today:
“When the Reformers spoke of “grace alone” (sola gratia), they were saying that sinners have no claim upon God, none at all; that God owes them nothing but punishment for their sins; and that, if He saves them in spite of their sins, which He does in the case of those who are being saved, it is because it pleases Him to do it and for no other reason. Today, large numbers of evangelicals undermine and effectively destroy this doctrine by supposing that human beings are basically good; that God owes everyone a chance to be saved; and that, if we are saved, in the final analysis it is because of our own good decision to receive the Jesus offered to us.”
Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? James Montgomery Boice, Crossway Books, 2001, page 107.
0 comments:
Post a Comment