Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

proud and misrepresentative of its divine mission.
Zechariah says that the sense of contrition that a
correct view of Calvary imparts (“they shall look
on Me whom they [not the Jews and Romans of a
past millenium] have pierced”) will provide the
ultimate solution to the problem of human “sin and
uncleanness.”
What is “the spirit of grace and supplications”
poured out on the church and its leadership? Two
distinct elements make up this phenomenal
experience: “the spirit of grace,” an appreciation of
God’s grace, a view of His character of love
completely devastating and annihilating to human
self-sufficiency and pride; and “the spirit of
supplications,” prayers arising from broken,
contrite hearts. The difference in essential quality
between these prayers and formal ordinary
petitions is very great. Sinners will immediately
detect the genuineness of these “supplications”
because they will come from hearts transformed by
corporate repentance. When prayer comes from a
heart broken in contrition, “then will I teach
transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be
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