OK, so I finally found something in the "Promises to Keep" Men's Devotional that doesn't cause my stomach to turn. Let's just say I haven't been all that impressed... lots of theology of glory.... yuck.
Have you ever heard the story of the man who was wonderfully saved and arose in a class meeting to testify to his new found joy? His heart was filled with Christ and his lips spoke of Him and of Him only, as his Redeemer and Lord. The class leader was a legalist and said when the other had finished, "Our brother has told us what the Lord did for him, but he has forgotten to tell us what he did in order to be saved. God does His part when we do ours. Brother, did you not do your part before God saved you?" The man was on his feet in a moment and exclaimed, "I surely did do my part. I ran away from God as fast as my sins could carry me. That was my part. And God chased me till He caught me. That was His part."
Yes, you and I have all done our part, and a dreadfully sad part it was. We did all the sinning and He must do all the saving. -- Harry Ironside, Full Assurance
Promises to Keep; March 12; p. 85
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