We can say that true gratitude does not give rise to the debtor's ethic because it gives rise to faith in future grace. With true gratitude there is such a delight in the worth of God's past grace, that we are driven on to experience more and more of it in the future...it is done by transforming gratitude into faith as it turns from contemplating the pleasures of past grace and starts contemplating the promises of the future.
John PiperNot going to God because your faith is weak is like not going to the doctor because you feel sick.
John PiperI've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both.
John Piper