What Dietrich Bonhoeffer and others did cannot be expected from the many. The future in modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These few will greatly enjoy the divine inspiration and will be prepared to stand for the dignity of man and true freedom and to keep the law of God, even if it means martyrdom or death. If we did so, we should make the love of Jesus Christ a laughing-stock to Christians and pagans alike. We are fighting today for costly grace.
Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system.
45 Cheap grace means the justification of sin without the justification of the sinner. Grace alone does everything they say, and so everything can remain as it was before. All for sin could not atone. Well, then, let the Christian live like the rest of the world, let him model himself on the world's standards in every sphere of life, and not presumptuously aspire to live a different life under grace from his old life under sin. The call goes forth, and is at once followed by the response of obedience.