Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

cross will provide the ultimate solution to the
problem of human "sin and uncleanness."
What is "uncleanness"? It must be that deeper
layer of unrealized selfish motivation that underlies
all sin, which must be cleansed in the Day of
Atonement, but which has never been fully
accomplished in any previous generation. The
motivation of fear of hell with the reverse side of
the same coin, hope of eternal reward, will give
way to the pure constraint of the love of Christ.
The collective love of self will be "crucified with
Christ."
How does that "Spirit of grace and
supplication" work? Two distinct elements make
up this remarkable experience: (a) "the Spirit of
grace," an appreciation of the cross, a view of
God's character of love completely devastating and
annihilating to human self-sufficiency and pride;
and (b) "the Spirit of supplication," prayer arising
from melted, contrite hearts.
The difference in essential quality between this
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