All is because of him; nothing is because of me.
George Whitefield: Behold, we are the clay, and thou art the Potter
Behold, we are the clay, and thou art the Potter...
Blaise Pascal Thoughts on the Greatness and Wretchedness of Man
Greatness and wretchedness…some have inferred man's wretchedness all the more because they have taken his greatness as a proof of it, and others have inferred his greatness with all the more force, because they have inferred it from his very wretchedness…. It is dangerous to make man see too clearly his equality with the brutes … Continue reading Blaise Pascal Thoughts on the Greatness and Wretchedness of Man
Alexander of Alexandria: On the Significance of Christ Death
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
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