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The First Move

“The Big Relief [Grace] reverses the order of belonging. In a setting of grace, belonging precedes behavior. It comes first. Jesus often showed people favor before they made the smallest overture toward him. I think of the calling of his disciples James, John, Philip, and Nathanael. I think of the paralyzed man at the pool of Bethsaida (John 5). Most of all I think of a chief tax collector like Zacchaeus, whom Jesus approached and then invited himself to lunch with (Luke 19:1-10). Grace makes the first move.”

—David Zahl in “The Big Relief”

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