"The Gospel commands us to look, not at our own good deeds or perfection but at God Himself as He promises, and at Christ himself.... it snatches us away from ourselves and places us outside ourselves so that we do not depend on our own strength, conscience, experience, person or works, but depend on that which is outside ourselves, that is, on the promise and truth of God, which cannot deceive."
Martin Luther
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