“The wonder of the high priestly ministry of Christ lies not just in where He is, but in who He is. Where He is we may boldly go; He has opened the way to the sanctuary of heaven and the throne of grace. Prayer enters where God dwells. But the boldness of our approach rests on who He is. We know Him because He has first known us, and knows us still in all our helplessness and need.”
- Edmund P. Clowney, The Biblical Theology of Prayer
Monday, May 04, 2009
Saturday, May 02, 2009
The Gift of the Spirit
“There has not only been an objective, public act of divine self-disclosure in the crucifixion of God’s own Son, but there must be a private work of God by His Spirit, in the mind and heart of the individual. If we should express unqualified gratitude to God for the gift of His Son, we should express no less gratitude for the gift of the Spirit who enables us to grasp the gospel of His Son…Unless the Spirit enlightens us, God’s thoughts will remain deeply alien to us.”
- D. A. Carson, quoted by C. J. Mahaney in “The Main Thing“
- D. A. Carson, quoted by C. J. Mahaney in “The Main Thing“
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