For our Lord was made man; He was condemned that He might impart compassion; He was bound that He might set free; He was apprehended that He might liberate; He suffered that He might heal our sufferings; He died to restore life to us; He was buried to raise us up.
Athanasius on the Incarnation, the image of God, and knowing God.
...being good, [God] gives them a share in His own Image, our Lord Jesus Christ, and makes them after His own Image and after His likeness: so that by such grace perceiving the Image, that is, the Word of the Father, they may be able thr.ough Him to get an idea of the Father, and knowing their Maker, live the happy and truly blessed life
Gratitude and Faith from the Tenth Leper: Jesus’ Healing of Lepers from Luke 17:11-19
It is easy to forget God on the other side of crisis. Hard times can be an occasion to abandon God but good times can do the same
C.S. Lewis: There is no question whether an event has happened because of your prayers.
There is no question whether an event has happened because of your prayers. When the event you prayed for occurs your prayer has always contributed to it. When the opposite event occurs your prayer has never been ignored; it has been considered and refused, for your ultimate good and the good of the whole universe.
Jonathan Edwards – The object of our admiration and love
...The glory and beauty of the blessed Jehovah, which is most worthy in itself, to be the object of our admiration and love, is there exhibited in the most affecting manner that can be conceived of, as it appears, shining in all its luster, in the face of an incarnate, infinitely loving, meek, compassionate, dying Redeemer...
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