I believe it was Blaise Pascal who used the term for a “God appointed vacuum in a man that Only God can fill". And men search frantic ways to fill this place, and only God can do so. When the Holy Spirit enters, that happens. That is what the Birth means. Jesus came, was born, lived, suffered, and died for us, and in Holy Baptism He sends His Holy Spirit to us to fill that vacuum, and makes us righteous.
The Hymn I send along expresses it so well.
“By Grace I’m saved, grace free
and boundless.”
Think that God has sent His Spirit to fill that “God appointed vacuum”.
GPD 12/18/14
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