This quote was found in the dicsipleship book I’m using with a girl I’m discipling. It’s in reference to our sin and Christ’s sacrifice. I thought it was good enough to share.
“The concept of substitution may be said to lie at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. Man claims prerogatives with belong to God alone; God accepts penalties which belong to man alone.” ~John Scott
The only thought that I have now is…”Dang!”
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Deep thought, isn’t it? Good to see you posting again, it had been a little while.
aww…i just read your most recent post and in it, echo a thousand worries that i too have contemplated.
have you ever seen this? http://www.boundless.org/features/a0000992.html
if not, i’d love to hear your thoughts on it.