"Our love to God can only be a response to His love for us. If I do not believe God loves me, I cannot love Him. To Love God, I must believe that he is for me, and that he accepts me as a son or daughter, not a slave....We cannot love God if we think we are under his judgement and condemnation...It is the blood of Christ that cleanses our consciences so that we may no longer feel the guilty. When our sense of guilt is taken away because our consciences are cleansed by the blood of Christ, we are freed to love him with all our hearts and souls and minds" - Jerry Bridges
