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> [“We must not get caught up in an emotional reaction against such phrases as 'believing on authority' ... Everything depends on the character of the authority and the character of believing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/we-must-not-get-caught-up-in-an-emotional-reaction-against-such/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

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## More by G C Berkouwer

> [“Lord, will those who are saved be few?” ... Jesus’ answer seems so noncommittal, so evasive ... Strive to enter by the narrow door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/lord-will-those-who-are-saved-be-few-jesus-answer-seems-so/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“The history of salvation does away with any personal glory ... in Christ, we have the exclusion of all human merit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/the-history-of-salvation-does-away-with-any-personal-glory-in-christ/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“The restoration of the image of God ... the new nature, created after the likeness of God in righteousness and holiness ... the new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/the-restoration-of-the-image-of-god-the-new-nature-created-after-the/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“On the route of faith and action, along with hope, we see that the gospel we believe is far removed from the picture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/on-the-route-of-faith-and-action-along-with-hope-we-see-that-the/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“Genuine sanctification has a ‘continued orientation toward justification.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/genuine-sanctification-has-a-continued-orientation-toward/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“Men have tried to construct abstract and causal answers to this question of sin's origin and ... have violated the very limits of objectivity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/men-have-tried-to-construct-abstract-and-causal-answers-to-this/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“The true nature of good works cannot be understood apart from Christ who is our ‘sanctification’ (1 Corinthians 1:30).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/the-true-nature-of-good-works-cannot-be-understood-apart-from-christ/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“In the Gospels, being a sinner means being lost ... There is no way for man to escape the condition of being lost ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/in-the-gospels-being-a-sinner-means-being-lost-there-is-no-way-for/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“In the New Testament, "myth stands over against the truth (aletheia) of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/in-the-new-testament-myth-stands-over-against-the-truth-aletheia-of/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“Dilemmas always are a source of polarization. We quickly move over to simplistic either-or’s … in which the fulness of truth is torn apart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/dilemmas-always-are-a-source-of-polarization-we-quickly-move-over-to/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“The church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ... it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/the-church-s-certainty-is-bound-to-certain-norms-and-a-feeling-of/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“God ... is hidden from corrupt eyes, from the proud and disdainful, but revealed to those who in confession of sin and receptive faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/god-is-hidden-from-corrupt-eyes-from-the-proud-and-disdainful-but/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“I am of the opinion that … one can judge soundly of the scriptural doctrine of election only when one rejects this symmetry (i.e.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/i-am-of-the-opinion-that-one-can-judge-soundly-of-the-scriptural/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“The hesitations and doubts that are present at many points in modern theology do not in themselves indicate a deep and final uncertainty ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/the-hesitations-and-doubts-that-are-present-at-many-points-in-modern/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

> [“It is the marvel of the work of the Holy Spirit that those who really respond to the proclamation of reconciliation claim no merit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/it-is-the-marvel-of-the-work-of-the-holy-spirit-that-those-who-really/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

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