Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.6Z1

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[We are preserved, somehow, by the element that draws God to create each one of us: love.

God will judge, savor and love me in my exercise of freedom.  That exercise starts once I stop worrying about my continued existence, that is, my preservation.  That exercise starts the moment I take up my cross; that is, become responsible.]