Archive for August 2007

Aug 31, 2007

What Jesus paid for Jesus will surely keep

Would I gather arguments for hoping that I shall never be cast away? Where shall I go to find them? Shall I look at my […]

— J. C. Ryle
Aug 30, 2007

He did give more perfect satisfaction

When the Lord Jesus Christ offered up Himself a sacrifice unto God the Father, and had our sins laid upon Him, He did give more […]

— William Bridge
Aug 29, 2007

Our debts are not cancelled; they are liquidated

Christ discharged the debt of sin. He bore our sins and purged them. He did not make a token payment which God accepts in place […]

— John Murray
Aug 28, 2007

Christ will have the last word

When the clouds are blackest, even then look towards Christ the standing pillar of the Father’s love and grace, set up in heaven for all […]

— Thomas Wilcox
Aug 28, 2007

Lord Jesus, you are my righteousness, I am your sin

Learn to know Christ and him crucified. Learn to sing to him, and say, ‘Lord Jesus, you are my righteousness, I am your sin. You […]

— Martin Luther
Aug 27, 2007

The Lord has been there before us

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. (John 20:11) What the Lord expects from […]

— Geerhardus Vos
Aug 25, 2007

The great mystery of godliness

The doctrine of the incarnate God invests with light and radiance every essential difficulty and truth of the inspired word. Infinitely mysterious itself, it yet […]

— Octavius Winslow
Aug 24, 2007

Without fault

Weak hearts are apt to sit down troubled and discouraged, when they look upon that body of sin which is in them, and those imperfections […]

— Thomas Brooks
Aug 23, 2007

The gospel of God’s glorious grace

The gospel is the good news that God is the all-satisfying end of all our longings, and that even though he does not need us, […]

— John Piper
Aug 22, 2007

If you contemplate yourself, that is sure damnation

We await salvation from [Christ] because he makes us, ingrafted into his body, participants not only in all his benefits but also in himself. If […]

— John Calvin
Aug 21, 2007

Remember Christ always

Remember your sins, Christ’s pardonings; your deserts, Christ’s merits; your weakness, Christ’s strength; your pride, Christ’s humility; your many infirmities, Christ’s restorings; your guilt, Christ’s […]

— Thomas Wilcox
Aug 20, 2007

The excellency of Christ

The excellency of Christ, and the love of Christ, more appear in his yielding himself to be crucified for us, than in any other of […]

— Jonathan Edwards
Aug 20, 2007

Every kind of good abounds in him

We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ [Acts 4:12]. We should therefore take care not to derive the […]

— John Calvin