To live the Gospel I think we must always be reminded of how bad sin.

To do this in ways not merely intellectual this means that we must see and experience the effects of sin in the lives of others continually.

To do this, we must be where sinners are and be a light in their midst.

Only then does the Gospel not be reduced to an academic exercise or trying to formulate a bigger system (bigger club) to beat those who differ with us over the head with.


When we place ourselves in the midst of the sinful and dying then we truly understand that it is only by God's grace we are made to differ and that the Gospel is not mere ivory tower stuff, but it is medicine to the sick and dying, whose stink and rot already pervade this world.

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"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone