True Spirituality - Chapter 1 (1)

Section 1: Freedom from the Bonds of Sin
Basic Considerations of True Spiritulity
Chapter One - The Law and the Law of Love

Schaeffer begins the book by enforcing the fact that one cannot live the Christian life or experience the healing Christ brings without being a Christian.

"The question before us is what the Christian Life, true spirituality, really is, and how it may be lived in a 20th century setting." Page 199

"The first point which we must make is that it is impossible even to begin living the Christian life, or to know anything of true spirituality, before one is a Christian." Page 199

"The only way to become a Christian is ... by accepting Christ as Savior. ... This is true for all men, everywhere, through all space and all time." Page 199

"The reason for this is that all men are separated from God because of their true moral guilt." Page 199

"It is the infinite value of the finished work of Christ, the second person of the Trinity, upon the cross, plus nothing, that is the sole basis for the removal of our guilt." Page 200

"Just as the only basis for the removal of guilt is the finished work of Christ upon the cross in history, plus nothing, so the only instrument for accepting the finished work of Christ upon the cross is faith." Page 200

"It [faith] is believing the specific promises of God, no longer turning our back on them, no longer calling God a liar, but raising the empty hands of faith and accepting the finished work of Christ as it was fulfilled in history upon the cross." Page 200