The Doctor: ‘But Now’

On Romans 6:22

The Christian is meant to glory in the ‘But now’.  He asserts it.  That is why I maintain, and maintain stoutly, that a man who understands this truth cannot merely lecture on it.  A man who can lecture on this does not really appreciate what it means.  If you know anything about this you are bound to preach!  A man who can say ‘By now” coldly, and merely regard them as two words, just a part of the construction of a sentence, a part of the syntax, has never seen their real meaning.  No, the Christian cannot look at these words without being moved to the depth of his being.  He worships, he praises God, he must shout ‘But now’.  This is in many ways the best test of our profession of the Christian faith.  If these words do not thrill us and move us, then I think we has better re-examine our whole position.  – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans Vol. 5, p. 286

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