Quote - Gifts & Threats
Posted Monday, May 14th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
“If Christ is followed only because his gifts are great and his threats are terrible, he is not glorified by his followers.
A defective lord can offer great gifts and terrible threats. And a person may want the gifts, fear the threats, and follow a lord whom they despise or pity or find boring or embarassing in order to have the gifts and avoid the threats.
If Christ is to be glorified in his people, their following must be rooted not mainly in his promised gifts or threatened punishments, but in his glorious Person.”
John Piper, When I don’t Desire God.