Great Encouragement in Christ
“As
Christ’s righteousness is the only merit that can exalt us to the
presence and kingdom of God; so that doctrine alone is to be
considered as evangelical which depresses the righteousness of man
and exalts the righteousness of Christ: leading us to trust, not on
what we do, but singly on what He has done for us. The business of
the Law is to knock us down from the pedestal of self-confidence, and
grind us small; as Moses ground to powder, and dispersed the
materials of the Israelitish idol. The business of Grace is to lift
us from the dust, settle us upon Christ the rock of ages, put a new
song of free salvation into our mouths.”
-preacher Augustus Toplady (1740–1778 A.D.)
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