(J. R. Miller, "Counsel and Help" 1907)
We are in the habit of saying that
Christ saved us by dying for us
on the Cross. In an important
sense this is true. We never
could have been saved--
if He had not died for us.
But we are actually saved
by our relation to a living,
loving, personal Savior--
into whose hands we commit
all the interests of our lives;
and who becomes our Friend,
our Helper, our Keeper,
our Burden bearer--
our all in all.
Christian faith is not
merely laying our sins
on the Lamb of God, and
trusting to His one great
sacrifice; it is the laying
of ourselves on the living,
loving heart of one
whose friendship becomes
thenceforward the sweetest
joy of our lives!
"The life I now live
in the flesh, I live by faith
in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave
Himself for me!"
Galatians 2:20
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