from “Affections Matter”

“So the last piece in stirring up our affections for Jesus, the last thing that we see the church at Ephesus doing at the beginning that Christ tells them to remember is they are very serious about sin. So I’m not for book burning. That’s not where we’re going. I’m not going, ‘Hey, grab your televisions and meet me in the parking lot. Let’s burn these mugs down.’ That’s not where we’re going, but what you can see here is a seriousness about holiness that has led them to action. They’re not passive about their sin.

I said about eight weeks ago that my big concern for us as a church is not that we would over preach grace, because that’s impossible. If we had all the words in every language on earth, you wouldn’t be able to preach enough the grace and mercy of God found in Jesus Christ. So my concern isn’t that we would over preach grace, because I believe that’s impossible. My concern is that, in the good and right preaching of grace, you might get confused and think that grace makes sin safe. It doesn’t.”

— Matt Chandler, “Affections Matter” on January 29, 2012