“…faith is not a once-done act,
but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God.
but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God.
Believing, then, is directing the heart’s attention to Jesus.
It is lifting up the mind to ‘Behold the Lamb of God…’
Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues…
Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself,
faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests
and pays no attention to itself at all.
and pays no attention to itself at all.
While we are looking to God we do not see ourselves
—blessed riddance.”
—blessed riddance.”
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