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“Come, you also!” – The Stupor of Grace in Dostoevsky – Greg Albrecht
Consider what the famed Russian novelist, Dostoevsky, wrote about the judgment of God and the gospel of grace, in his classic work, Crime and Punishment.
At the last Judgment Christ, will say to us, “Come, you also! Come, drunkards! Come weaklings! Come, children of shame!”
And he will say to us: “Vile beings, you who are in the image of the beast and bear his mark, but come all the same, you as well.”
And the wise and the prudent will say, “Lord, why do you welcome them?” And he will say, “If I welcome them, you wise men, it is because not one of them have ever been judged worthy.”
And he will stretch out his arms, ...