Hands-free narration of this study — good for the car.
Synopsis
Daniells closes with direct appeal. Having traced the message, the history, and the testimonies, he presses for individual decision: Christ must be received personally, by faith, today. He calls for confession of self-righteousness, for the abandonment of formalism, and for a settled trust in the finished work of Christ that issues in a transformed life and a proclaimed gospel. The book ends where it began — with the Lord our righteousness — but now as a claim upon the reader.
Key points
- Truth understood but unreceived leaves the soul where it found it.
- Surrender is the point where doctrine becomes experience.
- Assurance and holiness grow together out of union with Christ.
- Every reader must answer personally what a generation answered corporately.
Key passages
- Revelation 3:20
- Philippians 3:8-9
- Galatians 2:20
- John 1:12
Study questions10 total
- 1.Comprehension
What decision is Daniells asking his reader to make, and why does he make it personal rather than corporate?
- 2.Scripture
Read Philippians 3:8-9. What does Paul renounce, and what does he receive in its place?
- 3.Doctrinal Clarity
Why is intellectual agreement with righteousness by faith not the same as possessing it?
- 4.Contrast
Contrast the reader who closes the book informed with the reader who closes it surrendered.
- 5.Scripture
Read Revelation 3:20. Who opens the door, and what does the opening involve?
- 6.Doctrinal Clarity
How does Daniells expect this message to affect a believer's assurance?
- 7.Comprehension
What would repentance from self-righteousness look like in a mature church member?
- 8.Application
Compare your one-sentence summary from Study 1 with your understanding now. What has changed?
- 9.Application
Write a short prayer receiving Christ as your righteousness in your own words.
- 10.Application
Name one person you will share this message with, and how you will begin.