“What if we could enjoy so great an intimacy with God that it would seem he was nearly beneath our skin? What if we could just go through life being ourselves and somehow express Christ along the way? And what if all of this could come at no expense of our own? It would mean the religion thing could end. It would mean we wouldn’t have to analyze ourselves and measure our spirituality.
“There is an Old way that forever leads to disappointment, no matter how much “holy” effort is exerted. There is also a New way that comes free of charge and changes everything. And yet there is also a third option — a hybrid of Old and New that you find in many churches today.
“This book is intended to reveal the futility of the Old and the ecstasy of the New. Most important, we’ll talk about how to escape the misery of today’s hybrid religiosity and enjoy the purity of the New. The New is what God intended all along for the dedicated but miserable people throughout history.
“And the New is what God intends for you. “—The Naked Gospel, page 36
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Living in the new covenant, not the old, is enjoying the rest that Hebrews talks about. It is all by the power of God, not our own effort, not our own righteousness; it is all the power of God through the Holy Spirit
</idle musing>
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