I appreciated this brief excerpt from Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith (thanks to Dan Phillips):
. . . Calvin judged that many theologians of his day who did not sense the importance of justification before a holy God had not yet sufficiently experienced the terrors of conscience that make the knowledge of God’s truth such an urgent enterprise.
Horton’s words reminded me of something I’ve been trying to impress upon my children:
If you’ve never been overwhelmed by the guilt of your sin, you haven’t been born again. —Me
That doesn’t mean that guilty feelings prove your salvation. You may be convicted of sin, ignore or rationalize away the conviction, develop a hardened conscience, and die, unrepentant, in your sin. But the saving work of the Spirit always begins with the conviction of sin — always.
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#1 || 11·05·05··07:51 || Kim Shay
Every week, hubby and I are sobered by the apathy among the young people of our church. I often wonder if part of it is because they truly do not see their own sin.
#2 || 11·05·05··08:08 || Daniel
I am going to quote you eventually on that, verbatim:
If you’ve never been overwhelmed by the guilt of your sin, you haven’t been born again. —Me
#3 || 11·05·05··11:57 || David Kjos
I think I’ve got a Free Grace type after me on Facebook over this. Horton and I have been lumped together with MacArthur, which is cool, and Camping. Camping? Watchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?
#4 || 11·05·05··12:50 || Daniel
I find the free grace types to be well meaning, but painfully myopic.
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