“His appraisal of our need for humility seems squarely in touch with our current predicament. And the very Jesus who so clearly calls out our bent toward selfishness, who so clearly gives us the bad news about our rampant self-righteousness, is the same Jesus who dies for us.
“The more righteous we think we are, the more we diminish who God is, and the more we minimize what He’s done for us. After all, if we’re all pretty good… what was the cross all about?
“In Jesus we see the reality of our condition and the reality of our value: Even as we were mocking and executing Him, He loved us.”
Brant Hansen – The Truth About Us: The Very Good News About How Very Bad We Are