All true love to God is preceded in the heart by these two things — a sense of sin, and an assurance of pardon. There is no love possible — real, dee… - Alexander Maclaren

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All true love to God is preceded in the heart by these two things — a sense of sin, and an assurance of pardon. There is no love possible — real, deep, genuine, worthy of being called love of God — which does not start with the belief of my own transgression, and with the thankful reception of forgiveness in Christ.