Hooker: the righteousness of God

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
    Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600
    Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639
Meditation:
    The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
    —1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV)
Quotation:
    I must take heed what I say: but the apostle saith, “God made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” Such we are in the sight of God the Father, as is the very Son of God himself. Let it be counted folly, or frenzy, or fury, whatsoever, it is our comfort, and our wisdom; we care for no knowledge in the world but this, that man hath sinned, and God hath suffered; that God hath made himself the son of man, and that men are made the righteousness of God.
    ... Richard Hooker (1554?-1600), The Work of Mr. Richard Hooker, v.III, London: W. Clarke, 1821, p. 341 (see the book)
    See also 1 Cor. 2:14; Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 1:18-25; 2:6-8; 3:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You are my hope. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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