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The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives.
Topics
- Grants
- Righteousness
- Pleasure
- Hearted
- Messages
- Persons
- Bruised
- Broken Hearted
- Firsts
- Sin
- Sinner
- Broken
- Fists
- Self
- Saving
- Savior
- Beast
- Self Righteousness
- Law
- Reeds
- Glad
- Ideas
- Hammers
- Heal
- Holy
- Captives
- Helping
- Grace
- Self Confidence
- Tidings
- Quench
- Deny
- Conscience
- Self Help
- Has Beens
- Flax
- Break
- Poor
- Frightened
- Smoking
- Forgiveness Of Sins