Gentle and Lowly: Christ's Heart for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund.


 The title of the book brings to the fore Jesus' words in Matthew 11:28-29, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."  The writer expands on what this means by looking at various passages in the Bible that highlight Jesus' heart for sinners and sufferers. Some of the big takeaways from the book is that God's goodness, His mercy, His justice and His infinite love for us is clearly seen in Jesus.The writer also says that the Christian life is defined by taking off our ideas of who God is (ideas which are mostly negative) and replacing them with God's insistence on who He is that we see in the Bible. The purpose of the book is that we might be reminded of who Jesus is and rest in this knowledge, knowing that as we see our sinfulness that we may know that we have a great Saviour who came into the world for sinners. 

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