"The gospel isn't simply a set of truths that non-Christians must believe in order to become saved, It's a reality that Christians must daily embrace in order to experience being saved. The gospel not only saves us from the penalty of sin (justification), but it also saves us from the power of sin (sanctification) day by day. Or, as I once heard John Piper say, 'The cross is not only a past place of objective substitution; it is a present place of subjective execution.' Our daily sin requires God's daily grace - the grace that comes to us through the finished work of Jesus Christ."
- Tullian Tchividjian,
Surprised by Grace, page 154
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