Ellul: no recipe

Wednesday, September 2, 2020
    Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942
Meditation:
    And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
    —Ephesians 4:30 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The Christian ethic ... is not a recipe for righteousness; it is not a synthesis of Christian faith and the world’s values; it is not a way of enabling Christians to live without the Holy Spirit. It is the very opposite of all this.
    ... Jacques Ellul (1912-1994), The Presence of the Kingdom, tr. Olive Wyon, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1951, p. 23 (see the book)
    See also Eph. 4:29-30; Song of Solomon 8:7; 1 Thess. 5:19; Heb. 6:4-6
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your people depend on Your continual grace. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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