Gospel Centered Life: Lesson 3

Our discussion centered around 2 Peter 1:3-8 where I really thought about the evidence of the qualities listed, and whether they were increasing.  The evidence speaks to the way the gospel is transforming me.  I loved Luther's quote about passive righteousness and that we do not have to labor for it because we receive it by faith.  I also am comforted knowing that God is pleased with me because He is pleased with Jesus.  There is such freedom in that!  The other statement that popped out to me in GCL was that "The good news of the gospel is NOT that God favors us because of who we are, but that He favors us in spite of who we are."  Amen?