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1 " We do not proclaim grace so that anyone will make light of sin or of our duty to resist it. We herald God’s amazing mercy in order to join with the Spirit in stirring up in his people such a love for God that, when the day of evil comes, they will gladly put on the full armor he provides. Then, despite the hardships and the pain God’s people may face in the battle, they will stand strong in the power of his might. "
― Bryan Chapell , Holiness by Grace: Delighting in the Joy That Is Our Strength
2 " The inevitable consequence of obedience without delight is the erosion of holiness. "
3 " …The identity I tried to establish by obedience to the Law is dead, the life Jesus lived to fulfill the Law is mine. "
4 " Sin and Satan deceive our hearts with lies that God is distant. His hand of discipline declares he is never nearer. "
5 " There is nothing more effective than guilt to get people to obey God’s standards, and nothing less efficacious in sanctifying them to God. "
6 " Guilt should drive us to the cross, but grace must lead us from it. "
7 " Grace becomes not only the means by which God once justified us, it is also the means by which we are continually encouraged and enabled to serve him with undiminished delight. "
8 " When God removes good works as a condition for his acceptance, he does not remove righteousness as a requirement for life. "
9 " Divine blessing flows from God’s mercy rather than from our merit. "
10 " …While we see our sin, God chooses to gaze upon his Son in us. "
11 " Because we have the identity of the Son, we have the favor of the Father. "
12 " The challenges of raising a child are as much for the sanctification of the parents as they are for the benefit of the child. "
13 " God wants us to understand the true malignancy of our sin—the problem is too severe to be remedied by our goodness. "
14 " False repentance is less concerned with the spiritual contamination of sin than it is with the personal consequences of sin. True repentance is chiefly concerned with the wrong we have done to our Savior and to others. Repentance of the first kind is self-preoccupied; true repentance is a selfless seeking of spiritual fellowship and renewal. False repentance flees correction; true repentance seeks it. "
15 " Repentance is not a turning from one category of works to another; rather it is a turning from human works entirely to God. "
16 " Remorse precedes true repentance. Changed behavior follows true repentance. But this necessary prelude and postlude of true repentance are not themselves the essence of repentance. True repentance is a denial that anything in us ever would or ever could satisfy God’s holiness or compel his pardon. We humbly concede that we can offer him nothing for what he alone can give. Then we rest in his promise to forgive those who humbly seek him. "
17 " He may be angry at our rebellion, but he is never angry at our return. "
18 " A scandal is nothing more than a revelation of the humanity of our heroes. "
19 " There is a natural human inclination to take advantage of grace in order to excuse sin. "
20 " Grace does not preclude holiness, but makes it possible. Holiness springs from the fountain of grace. "
