The expression “in Christ” sums up as briefly and as profoundly as possible the inexhaustible significance of man’s redemption. It speaks of security in Him who has Himself borne in His own body the judgment of God against our sin; it speaks of acceptance in Him with whom alone God is well pleased; it speaks of assurance for the future in Him who is the Resurrection and the Life; it speaks of the inheritance of glory in Him who, as the only-begotten Son, is the sole heir of God; it speaks of participation in the divine nature in Him who is the everlasting Word; it speaks of knowing the truth, and being free in that truth, in Him who Himself is the Truth. All this, and very much more than can ever be expressed in human language, is meant by being in Christ.
— Philip Hughes (1915–1990), Anglikanischer Priester, Neutestamentler und Theologe
Topics: Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: For Reflection
Philip Hughes
Philip Edgcumbe Hughes (1915–1990) war ein anglikanischer Priester und Neutestamentler, der an theologischen Seminaren in England und den USA lehrte. Er stand für eine reformierte Schriftauslegung, löste jedoch im evangelikalen Spektrum durch seine Befürwortung der bedingten Unsterblichkeit theologische Kontroversen aus. Heutigen Bibellesern erschließen seine Kommentare die biblischen Texte durch die Verknüpfung historisch-theologischer Gelehrsamkeit mit detaillierter Exegese.
All quotes by Philip Hughes (9)
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