...by a famous preacher. It goes something like this:
"If your sin is small, your savior is small. But if your sin is large, your Savior is large."
Agree or disagree? Discuss...
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8 comments:
i agree.
not in the sense that you should sin big as a way of increasing God. paul was pretty clear about the falsity of that.
but rather in the sense that...the deeper your understanding of your own sin and depravity, the deeper your understanding of grace. if you don't take your own sin seriously...acknowledging that, regardless of how moral and upright you have become, you deserve nothing less than death because of it...than you don't take grace seriously.
in other words, if your sin is not a "big" deal to you, than grace is not a "big" deal to you...and my understanding of the Bible is that grace should the biggest deal in the world.
what? no one wants to discuss with me? aww...
I like what Bill said, I would simply clarify one point.
The greater our understanding of our own sin, the greater our understanding of what Jesus accomplished on the cross (the manifestation of said grace).
It is important, especially the way grace is thrown around today, that we don't simply say grace, but we mention Jesus' death on a cross. When we connect our sin to Jesus' death, it adds an intimacy to our relationship with God, that without which, would be seriously inadequate.
Our understanding of what happened to Jesus on the cross will forever determine the depth of our intimacy . Some tangibles of that include a greater mourning of our sin, a stronger desire to repent, and greater joy from the presence of God.
Really, our entire relationship with God hangs on one's understanding of Jake's quote.
Bill throws grace around...
I just want to know who the famous preacher is...
Who is John Piper?
Thank you very much I'll take Puppies for 8 Million Alex.
yeah...and i would have gone for 'potent potables' anyways.
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