The law…is not for the righteous. Righteousness comes by faith, not by performing works of the law. Therefore, it is wrong to make the law our “savior or judge,” as Bunyan affirmed. However, it is not wrong for us to allow the law to “instruct our minds,” as long as we filter that instruction through the New Covenant. The final, authoritative, yardstick that validates any truth or law for the child of God is the gospel.
— John Reisinger (1924–2018), Pastor und theologischer Autor
Topics: Grace & Redemption, The Bible & the Word of God, Freedom & Truth
Occasions: For Reflection
John Reisinger
John G. Reisinger (1924–2018) war ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Pastor, Evangelist und theologischer Autor. Er gilt als maßgeblicher Begründer der „Theologie des Neuen Bundes“, die das mosaische Gesetz als in Christus vollständig erfüllt und abgelöst ansieht, wofür er von Vertretern traditioneller Bundestheologie und des Dispensationalismus kritisiert wurde. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk pointierte Zugänge zur Debatte über das Verhältnis von Altem und Neuem Testament sowie von Gesetz und Gnade.
All quotes by John Reisinger (4)
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller