“There is always a
fundamental seriousness about the men and women who are born again. I mean
something like this: they are never flippant, never light, never superficial...
they are fundamentally serious people.
"Let me hasten to add that I am not saying that they are solemn or pompous
people. God forbid that anyone would think I am saying that! No, no, they are
happy, they can even be humorous. But their humor never runs away with them. It
is a manifestation of life; it is the showing of one of the attributes that
they have received by nature...
"We have
suggested that when someone is born again, that is the most obvious thing about
him; it must be, for it is the life of God in him. He is also conscious of
being dealt with, of having been humbled; he is also aware of a true
repentance, and he is characterized by a fundamental seriousness.”
-- Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Experiencing
the New Birth (Crossway, 2015)
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