Grace doesn't replace duty; it simply enables us to do it.
These days are very dark in the church, for it seems that we care little that we are not much in prayer, reading of the Word, and meditation therein. If we have little desire toward holiness, fighting against sin, and shining as lights in this evil world, we are in a very sickly state indeed.
When our duties as Christians do not fill our days, our minds and our hearts, and do not make use of all of our strength; when our sin is a thing lightly esteemed and God's kingdom is little regarded, where indeed is the fear of God in us?
It is a great evil to see grace as license that gives approval to run after our lusts while excusing our laxity in Christian duty.
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