God’s gracious acceptance of us does not end our obligation to obey Him; it sets it on a new footing. No longer is God’s law a threatening, confining burden. For the will of God now confronts us as a law of liberty [James 1:25] – an obligation we discharge in the joyful knowledge that God has both “liberated” us from the penalty of sin and given us, in His Spirit, the power to obey His will.
— Douglas Moo (b. 1950), Neutestamentler und Theologieprofessor
Related Bible passage: JAS.1.25
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Discipleship, Freedom & Truth
Douglas Moo
Der US-amerikanische Theologe und Neutestamentler Douglas Moo lehrte über mehrere Jahrzehnte an der Trinity Evangelical Divinity School sowie am Wheaton College. Bekannt ist der reformierte Exeget vor allem für seine Standardkommentare zum Römerbrief und weiteren neutestamentlichen Schriften sowie für seinen langjährigen Vorsitz im Übersetzungskomitee der englischen New International Version. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt er detaillierte philologische und theologische Textanalysen, stand jedoch wegen der sprachlichen Revision der NIV auch in inner-evangelikaler Kritik.
All quotes by Douglas Moo (10)
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