When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the importance of humility and the acknowledgment of our flaws in receiving grace.
This quote by Erwin W. Lutzer emphasizes the necessity of shedding our self-righteous facades to truly experience divine grace. By removing our defenses and acknowledging our imperfections, we open ourselves to the possibility of receiving forgiveness and support from a higher power, recognizing our need for growth and humility.
In practice
In a discussion about personal growth and spirituality, this quote can be used to illustrate the journey towards humility.
The ability to make judgments lies at the heart of Christian living. Unless we are able to judge doctrine, lifestyles, and entertainment, unless we are able to distinguish between outer appearance and inner character, we just might miss the purpose for which God placed us on this earth. We might end up accepting a stone for bread and a snake for a fish.
At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable.
Only those who see themselves as utterly destitute can fully appreciate the grace of God.
How pleasant,' Dona said, peeling her fruit; 'the rest of us can only run away from time to time, and however much we pretend to be free, we know it is only for a little while - our hands and our feet are tied.
Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.
Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.
It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
Culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group from another.
Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression.
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