Monday, February 20, 2006

Morning Meds. - [Erik]

This is from today's Graced Again...

“This is the difference between true Christianity and human religiousness. The former is founded upon the fact of a man’s being clothed; the latter, upon the fact of his being naked. The former has for its starting point what the latter has for its goal. All that a true Christian does is because he is clothed—perfectly clothed; all that a mere religious person does is in order that he may be clothed. This makes a vast difference."

- CH Mackintosh, Notes on Genesis, 1879

True Christians do not exist. Instead, they live the life of Jesus. Trying to be like Him makes no sense. You don’t have to try to be your father’s child, you just are. You have his DNA. It's someone you are, not something you do. We are the body of Christ. Just like He says, "I am,” we say..."us too."

3 Comments:

Blogger Regular Jeff said...

Right on. I am reading a book call Bad New Religion. The premise of the book is that legalism and all forms of it (like holiness preaching to "balance" the message of Grace) is an offense to the very Gospel of Christ. I love it.

fhlwju,
Jeff

11:43 AM  
Blogger Chad said...

whoa... must... digest.

2:49 PM  
Blogger trent@ gracehead.com said...

right on

1:05 PM  

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