tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post2670687965390135544..comments2024-02-11T06:57:23.174-05:00Comments on SchansBlog: why should you get to go to Heaven?Eric Schansberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147388189415035752noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post-54945935707999837042009-12-17T11:59:54.711-05:002009-12-17T11:59:54.711-05:00I like that Willard quote.
This post made me thin...I like that Willard quote.<br /><br />This post made me think of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector from Luke:<br /><br /> 9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood up and prayed about[a] himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' <br /> 13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' <br /><br /> 14"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."PianoMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804155175032930842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post-67616753225121858792009-12-17T07:18:16.019-05:002009-12-17T07:18:16.019-05:00Amen, Sara!
Shawn's comment brings important ...Amen, Sara!<br /><br />Shawn's comment brings important balance to the devastating notion of "cheap grace".Eric Schansberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147388189415035752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post-77491423585210989982009-12-17T02:09:29.333-05:002009-12-17T02:09:29.333-05:00Thank God we don't get what we deserve. Thank...Thank God we don't get what we deserve. Thank you God, for the amazing gift of your Son, who died so we didn't have to get what we deserve. It's so amazing that we get the greatest gift of all when we are not even worthy to tie His sandals.Sara Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205343168457878297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post-84363966793648125322009-12-16T23:19:51.733-05:002009-12-16T23:19:51.733-05:00As Willard writes, "Grace is opposed to earni...As Willard writes, "Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort."Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324498513464900790noreply@blogger.com