One reason we don’t grow in ordinary, grateful obedience as we should is that we’ve got amnesia; we’ve forgotten that we are cleansed from our sins. In other words, ongoing failure in our growth is the direct result of failing to remember God’s love for us in the gospel. If we fail to remember our justification, redemption, and reconciliation, we’ll struggle in our sanctification. In other words, remembering, revisiting, and rediscovering the reality of our justification every day is the hard work we’re called to do if we’re going to grow.
—Elyse Fitzpatrick, Because He Loves Me
(HT: Crossway blog)
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"He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion..."
We grow, alright. Maybe it's not noticeable. But it is happening.
And we aren't the ones who are doing it.
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