Related Authors: Bernard of Clairvaux
Related Topics: charity, christianity, conversion, divine, divinity, fear, freedom, love, self-interest, selfishness, soul










Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire… Fear is the motive which constrains the slave; greed binds the selfish man, by which he is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed (James 1:14). But neither fear nor self-interest is undefiled, nor can they convert the soul. Only charity can convert the soul, freeing it from unworthy motives.
Related Authors: Bernard of Clairvaux
Related Topics: charity, christianity, conversion, divine, divinity, fear, freedom, love, self-interest, selfishness, soul
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