“A merely religious person, who believes God will favor him because of his
morality and respectability, will ordinarily have contempt for the outcast. “I
have worked hard to get where I am, and so can anyone else!” This is the
language of the moralist’s heart. “I am only where I am by the sheer and
unmerited mercy of God. I am completely equal with other people.” That is
the language of the Christian’s heart. A sensitive social conscience and a
life poured out in deeds of mercy to the needy is the inevitable sign of a
person who has grasped the doctrine of God’s grace.”
-Tim Keller, Ministries of Mercy, 62-63