Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 5

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

"...story about a wealthy Englishman who bought a Rolls-Royce, the car Rolls-Royce was built as the car that would never ever ever break down. As so he bought this car at a hefty price, and he was driving it one day actually in France, and the car broke down. And so he called Rolls-Royce and said, 'uh, well the car you said would never break down has broken down.' And what they did immediately was put a mechanic on a plane and flew him to France, fix the car as fast as they could, and the mechanic flew back and the guy drove on. The guy expected to receive a bill. It's not often that someone will send a mechanic to you to fix your car and fly him back, so he's a wealthy man and could pay his bill, but the bill wasn't coming, so he called Rolls-Royce and he said, 'listen, I'd like to get this behind and pay my bill.' And the people at Rolls-Royce told that man, 'we're sorry sir, but we have absolutely no record of anything having gone wrong with your car.'

YES! To think that the Holy God of the universe has looked upon your life and my life based on the suffering servant and He pronounces, 'I have absolutely no record of anything ever having gone wrong in your life.' That is a scandal. Scandalous mercy."

- David Platt

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