sinners say i do (book quote 1)

I just started reading When Sinners Say "I Do," by Dave Harvey. And so far, I can tell you I love it! It is really packed with a ton of solid truth, which have all been such timely reminders of the sanctifying work that God is doing in each of us sinners through marriage.

I already quoted a couple of my favorite excerpts from the first chapter, but here are a couple more that really struck me...

Never make the mistake of thinking that the gospel is only good for evangelism and conversion. By the gospel we understand that, although saved, we remain sinners. Through the gospel we receive power to resist sin. Accurately understanding and continually applying the gospel is the Christian life... This also means that the gospel is an endless fountain of God's grace in your marriage (p. 25, some emphases mine).

"Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet." [Thomas Watson] means that until we truly understand the problem, we won't savor the solution. Isn't that your testimony? Haven't you seen that the more clearly you comprehend the scope of sin's awfulness, the more quickly you flee to the Savior, now revealed anew in his glory, holiness, beauty, and power (p. 30)?