salvation. He does not try to put God in debt for salvation, but he thanks God for righteousness. He sees that he owes God whatever service he can perform. The genuine believer has come to know above all others that love is a much stronger force than fear. He follows Christ—does all he can to live like Christ—because he loves Christ. He loves Him because Christ has done so much for Him. “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and
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