Washington Gladden: "Jika Anda cukup baik, sama sekali tidak perlu men...

"Jika Anda cukup baik, sama sekali tidak perlu mengakui Kristus. Hanya karena Anda tidak cukup baik, Kristus berkata kepada Anda, "Ikut aku." Dia datang bukan untuk memanggil orang benar, tetapi orang berdosa untuk bertobat. Bukan orang-orang sempurna yang Dia inginkan di gereja-Nya, tetapi mereka yang memiliki perasaan mendalam tentang ketidaksempurnaan mereka sendiri, dan yang percaya bahwa kekuatan-Nya dibuat sempurna dalam kelemahan."

--- Washington Gladden

Versi Bahasa Inggris

If you were good enough, there would be no need of confessing Christ at all. It is just because you are not good enough, that Christ says to you, "Follow me." He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. It is not the perfect people whom He wants in His church, but those who have a deep sense of their own imperfection, and who believe that His strength is made perfect in weakness.