Here is a slightly exaggerated illustration: imagine a kid comes from the backyard and asks, “Why are we Christians?” The dad looks up from the sofa and explains that their family follows Jesus Christ and then lays out the gospel. Suppose the kid says he does not want to do all this, only to hear Dad say, “Too bad, we’re in this together. You’re still going to Heaven. And that means you are going to be holy also. Like it or not.” It may seem crazy to have this kind of quiet confidence, but it is our duty simply to believe: this is just the way it is. This is not presumption, though some might
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