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CHAPTER 20 Goop “Today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” LUKE 2:11 NASB
Morgan Harper Nichols • Honest Advent
the savior who protected Luthadel
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
O Emmanuel,
our King and our Lawgiver,
the hope of the nations and their Savior:
come and save us, O Lord our God.
Taken from The New Ancient Collects
The sufferer goes all the way down to death, and somehow he is rescued, not only for his own sake, but also so that YHWH’s “kingdom,” that is, his sovereignty over the nations, might become a reality.
N. T. Wright • How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
“My eyes have seen Your salvation, Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples.” LUKE 2:30–31 NASB
Morgan Harper Nichols • Honest Advent
Jesus had replaced money as Zacchaeus’s savior, and so money went back to being merely that, just money. It was now a tool for doing good, for serving people. Now that his identity and security were rooted in Christ, he had more money than he needed. The grace of God had transformed his attitude toward his wealth.
Timothy Keller • Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
If we are deeply moved by the sight of his love for us, it detaches our hearts from other would-be saviors. We stop trying to redeem ourselves through our pursuits and relationships, because we are already redeemed. We stop trying to make others into saviors, because we have a Savior.