Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ.
John StottThe nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless "all the families of the earth," he has promised to do so "through Abraham's seed" (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). Now we are Abraham's seed by faith, and the earth's families will be blessed only if we go to them with the gospel. That is God's plain purpose.
John StottThe chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.
John StottOur Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so.
John Stott