We All Need the Gospel...Continually

Tullian Tchividjian, Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, posts the following quote today from B.B. Warfield:

There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot ever be accepted at all. This is not true of us only when we believe. It is just as true after we have believed. It will continue to be true as long as we live. Our need of Christ does not cease with our believing; nor does the nature of our relation to Him or to God through Him ever alter, no matter what our attainments in Christian graces or our achievements in behavior may be. It is always on His “blood and righteousness” alone that we can rest.

This quote is in the same vein as a post from Tullian a couple weeks ago which spoke of our ongoing need for the Gospel. I highly recommend his blog, On Earth as it is in Heaven, as his Gospel-exalting, Christ-centered theology constantly deepens my appreciation for the grace of God.