A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”" Luke 7:41-43 (ESV) In order to enjoy God, we must have a correct view of ourselves. We are sinful, deserving of eternal punishment. God does not need us, but wants us, and our salvation has nothing to do with us, and everything to do with Him. Those who can grasp their own depravity are positioned to grasp and appreciate the mercy and grace of Almighty God. Those who think God is fortunate to have them in His family, or somehow think they have earned a position as His child, will never comprehend the immensity of mercy and grace. It’s far better to be overwhelmed by God’s mercy and grace because we understand our depravity than to be academically aligned with them due to our intellect. If we have never been overwhelmed with God’s mercy, we have never understood our depravity, and, in reality, can never enjoy God. | 
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