Instead of seeing all of this as God's extraordinary grace, we come to expect the comfort and joys that God gives us as the baseline, the measure of what we believe to be our due. When our comfort level drops below our expectations, we are shocked and angered, and even foolishly express our outrage to God Himself.
R. C. Sproul, Jr.Things are not as they should be. Because He's not finished yet. They will be. Rest assured.
R. C. Sproul, Jr.God's pleasure with me is grounded in the accomplishment of Christ, not my own accomplishment.
R. C. Sproul, Jr.Because He freely owned my guilt I may freely own my sin. Guilty as charged, and yet, not guilty at all.
R. C. Sproul, Jr.Imagine if you would, what would happen to your sorrows and fears if God Himself, the maker of heaven and earth, the Father of our Lord, the sovereign One, were to come to you, wrap you in His almighty arms and say to you, 'I love you with a perfect love, exactly as I love My Son. I will never stop loving you, no matter what. I am completely, utterly for you. I promise, on My own life, that I will do you good every day of your life. And because I control all things, that means My good is all you will ever experience from this time forward.'
R. C. Sproul, Jr.