“Fruitful character comes from a great devotion, and the greatest devotion of all is the love of God. A life that grows in loving God becomes like God.
John Owen writes, ‘[Love] begets a likeness between the mind loving and the object beloved… A mind filled with the love of Christ as crucified… will be changed into His image and likeness.’ (Works, 3:564)
The apostle Paul writes,
‘And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.’ (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Christian character flows out of devotion to God.”
–Jerry Bridges, The Fruitful Life: The Overflow of God’s Love Through You (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2006), 1-2.
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