From Tim Keller's book, Forgive (p83):
If you have a God who is nothing but wrath, and if you have little understanding of what happened on the cross, you'll be a driven person. You'll try hard to be moral. You'll try hard to be good, but you will always feel unworthy. It will be hard to grow into a loving person, because fear cannot awaken love. Only love can awaken and grow more love.
When the voice of conscience (or maybe of Satan himself) comes and says, "You wretch, begone! Retreat in shame," you must remember the cross and hear Jesus say, "My love, come here. I bore the shame."
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