The Gospel and Intentionality

“All those affections, sentiments, and practices, whose nature is to beget carelessness and unguarded conduct, are unscriptural. If even our joys and hopes make us heedless, we are better off without them. If we have so conceived of the gospel as to judge that its fullness and promises render watchfulness unnecessary, we quite mistake its true nature.”

–W.S. Plumer (19th cent Presbyterian pastor), quoted from Ray Ortlund’s (Jr.) commentary on Isaiah.

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