A Release from Anxiety over Sin and Death
Luke 7:11-17
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by Wayne E. Oates

The end intention of the gospel is just this: to release man from the egocentric anxieties of life, over economy, over death, over grief and sin, from the petty defenses of a legalistic way of life and from callous insensitivity to ethical reality. These are the kinds of anxiety the gospel aims to release us from. The gospel aims to release us to a concern for the welfare of others, to an eager preference of one another before each other, and to the adoration of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Anxiety in Christian Experience, by Wayne E. Oates