Sobering thought

When you come to know Jesus Christ in the power of his resurrection, you receive absolutely nothing new from God; you simply discover and begin to enjoy experientially what you received from God the day that you were redeemed; the tragedy is that you can live for ten, twenty, or fifty years or more, having all that God can give you in Jesus Christ, and yet living in self-imposed poverty…— The Saving Life of Christ, pages 124-125

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Unfortunately, I know many people in that boat...Open their eyes, Lord, that they may see the fullness of what salvation means!
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