“The
majesty of God’s forgiveness is lost entirely when we lose what has to
be forgiven. What has to be forgiven is not just what we do but who we
are, not just our sinning but our sinfulness, not just our choices but
what we have chosen in place of God. . . . When we miss the biblical
teaching, we also miss the nature of God’s grace in all its height and
depth. In biblical faith it is God’s grace through Christ that does for
us what we cannot do for ourselves.”
- David F. Wells, The Courage to Be Protestant (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Eerdmans, 2008), 167.
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