Unityinthetruth's Blog

“Rather than creating a new race, God chose to redeem existing mankind.  Rather than just fixing up persons, He made the grand exchange:  His own life and character in place of fallen nature.  Jesus made this ultimate conversion for His people on the basis of love.  He emptied Himself and humbled Himself to become a man.  He denied Himself by choosing to love.  Through His death on the cross, He gave more love than we are able to receive.  As we come to know Him, we recognize the shallowness and sinfulness of our own self-directed love in comparison with the vast consistency of His love and grace.”  Martin and Deidre Bobgan, “James Dobson’s Gospel of Self-Esteem & Psychology”, p. 181-182.

“The will is like a wise mother in a nursery; the feelings are like a set of clamoring, crying children.  The mother makes up her mind to a certain course of action which she believes to be right and best.  The children clamor against it and declare it shall not be.  But the mother, knowing that she is mistress and not they, pursues her course lovingly and calmly in spite of all their clamors; and the result is that the children are sooner or later won over to the mother’s course of action, and fall in with her decisions, and all is harmonious and happy.  But if that mother should for a moment let in the thought that the children were the masters instead of herself, confusion would reign unchecked.  And in how many souls at this very moment is there nothing but confusion, simply because the feelings are allowed to govern, instead of the will.”  The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life, Hannah Whitall Smith, p.64-65.

“The Bible is truly an amazing book. If we want to understand man’s spiritual journey throughout history, all we need to do is read what God has recorded in His Word. However, while God has provided a way for us to seek after Him and to know Him, God’s adversary has a plan of his own. The last thing the devil wants is for man to be obedient to what God has said. Instead, his objective is to lead humanity astray. His greatest goal is to seduce people away from the Savior Jesus Christ with counterfeits; these deadly detours sometimes very closely resemble the real thing…but in reality lead to spiritual disaster. The Bible says as the time before Christ’s return shortens, this agenda will only intensify.” Faith Undone, Roger Oakland, p. 16.

“It is the sinner dwelling in the full light of God’s holy, redeeming love — in the experience of that full indwelling of diving love, which comes through Christ and the Holy Spirit who cannot be anything but humble. Not to be occupied with your sin, but to be occupied with God, brings deliverance from self.”  Andrew Murray, Humility, PP. 55-56.