" The radical nature of the divine imputation brings a death and resurrection […] begins to kindle the first beginnings of actual hope and love where before there had been only hypocrisy and despair. For then the great commandment, ‘Thou shalt love…’ begins to become a reality. It begins to sound not just as a demand, a law, but as a promise: ‘You shall love, you will love one day, for I love you unconditionally. One day the last barrier will fall and you will be mine completely! You can bet your life on it! "
― Gerhard O. Forde , Justification by Faith: A Matter of Death and Life
![Gerhard O. Forde quote : The radical nature of the divine imputation brings a death and resurrection […] begins to kindle the first beginnings of actual hope and love where before there had been only hypocrisy and despair. For then the great commandment, ‘Thou shalt love…’ begins to become a reality. It begins to sound not just as a demand, a law, but as a promise: ‘You shall love, you will love one day, for I love you unconditionally. One day the last barrier will fall and you will be mine completely! You can bet your life on it!](/image/1190046.jpg)