Daniel Hames has produced another helpful volume in the Union Essentials series, this time focusing on the Christian life.
He addresses those who struggle by viewing the Christian life as a duty to perform, and goes back to first principles. We don’t become Christians by God’s grace and then live in our own strength, rather it is God’s grace all the way (Gal.2v20).
We all too easily forget that the supreme blessing of the gospel is adoption as God’s sons. God is now our Father and the main thing that he wants from us is that we love him (Deut.6v5). As John Owen pointed out, loving Jesus is the most God-like thing we can do, because the Father loves the Son. Now we are called to walk with the Spirit, producing His fruit (Gal. 5v16-25).
