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To Paul writing to the Roman church, the fact of the cross settled the problem of separation from God. To be a conqueror over all the experiences life has in store, the weals as well as the woes, the Christian must be undergirded with the love of God which has Jesus Christ as its reference point. This has nothing at all to do with a pious, goody-two-shoes approach to life. Rather, it is a difficult laying-hold-on the truth which works eternally. Francis Schaeffer writes,
"The Church needs to function consciously (italics mine) on the basis of the finished work of Christ and not on the proud basis of any inherent value in itself or any supposed or assumed inherent superiority. It must be consciously working on the basis of the supernaturally restored relationship, and not upon merely natural gifts and talents."
[Francis Schaeffer, The Spirituality. (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publications, no date of publication). pg. 179.]
- Dean
To Paul writing to the Roman church, the fact of the cross settled the problem of separation from God. To be a conqueror over all the experiences life has in store, the weals as well as the woes, the Christian must be undergirded with the love of God which has Jesus Christ as its reference point. This has nothing at all to do with a pious, goody-two-shoes approach to life. Rather, it is a difficult laying-hold-on the truth which works eternally. Francis Schaeffer writes,
"The Church needs to function consciously (italics mine) on the basis of the finished work of Christ and not on the proud basis of any inherent value in itself or any supposed or assumed inherent superiority. It must be consciously working on the basis of the supernaturally restored relationship, and not upon merely natural gifts and talents."
[Francis Schaeffer, The Spirituality. (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publications, no date of publication). pg. 179.]
- Dean
