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D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (selected by Frank Cumbers)
A great note of joy!
It is sad and tragic that any Christian should ever be miserable; ... one of the reasons why the Christian Church counts for so little in the modern world is that so many Christians are in this condition. If all Christians simply began to function as the New Testament would have us do, there would be no problem of evangelism confronting the Church.... It is because we are failing as Christian people in our daily lives and deportment and witness that so few are attracted to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. So for that most urgent reason alone it behooves us to deal with this question.
... There are some Christians in this condition because they have never really understood clearly the great central doctrine of justification by faith.... The Protestant Reformation brought peace and happiness and joy into the life of the Church in a way she had not known since the early centuries, and it all happened because the central doctrine of justification by faith was rediscovered.
It made Martin Luther rejoice and sing and he in turn was the means of leading others to see this great truth. It produced this great note of joy; and while we might hesitate to say that people who have not clearly understood this matter are not Christians at all, the moment they do understand it, they certainly cease to be miserable Christians and become rejoicing Christians.
Spiritual Depression, p. 37
Comments on D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, A First Book of Daily Readings
"These gems of evangelical truth, biblically based, help the reader to understand this world in the light of the Word." —Church Herald
"Christ-honoring, thought-provoking discussions" —Presbyterian Journal
"Few daily devotional books offer as much substantial insight as this one." —Christian Bookseller
"...will help to either open or close your day." —Evangelize
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