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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Of course, the goal of memorization is application of the Scripture to one’s daily life
Jerry Bridges

If Christ is, to us, only our substitute to admire and not also our example to follow, we will not rouse ourselves to do hard things in obedience to Him. That will be spiritually deadening in the long run. If Christ is, to us, only our example to follow and not first our substitute to admire, we will not lean on Him as our savior and be freed from ourselves. That too is spiritually deadening in the long run. We can get it wrong and still thrive for a while. But in the long run, only a well-proportioned theology can keep us spiritually alive.
Ray Ortlund