Archive for January 2008

Jan 31, 2008

Thy righteousness is in heaven

One day as I was passing into the field, this sentence fell upon my soul: ‘Thy righteousness is in heaven.’ And with the eyes of […]

— John Bunyan
Jan 30, 2008

To all doubters

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other! (Isaiah 45:22 But thou […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Jan 29, 2008

Coming to Jesus again and again

Oh! sweet language of the precious blood of Jesus! If you have come to that blood once, you will come to it constantly. If thou […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Jan 28, 2008

Jesus and the knowledge of God

The greatest thing that can be said of Jesus’ knowledge is that he knows God perfectly. He knows God perfectly, because he is God. We […]

— John Piper
Jan 27, 2008

God is for you

If you need proof that God is for you, look no further than the Cross. I cannot imagine what pain the Father must have experienced […]

— C. J. Mahaney
Jan 26, 2008

Our grateful acknowledgment

He hath done all things well.’ Yes, from first to last, from our cradle to our grave, from the earliest pang of sin’s conviction to […]

— Octavius Winslow
Jan 25, 2008

It is the cross that gives God his credibility

It is the cross that gives God his credibility. The only God I believe in is the one Nietzsche (the nineteenth-century German philosopher) ridiculed as […]

— John Stott
Jan 24, 2008

The undeniable evidence of humility

Remember this—all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his […]

— Thomas Brooks
Jan 23, 2008

Look away from yourself

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.’ Look away from yourself. Cease to probe that rankling, ulcerous, incorrigible heart. Look simply […]

— J. W. Alexander
Jan 22, 2008

Hope is evidence that he is for you

Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. (Psalm 119:49) “The argument is that God, having given grace to hope […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Jan 21, 2008

Stray affections

This careless laughing world is not a home That throws its smiles on you; So mount by faith to realms on high Your Father’s house […]

— Faith Cook
Jan 20, 2008

Pleading our cause

Jesus’ intercession is his identification and involvement with the will of the Father. If we started with Jesus as the ultimate word of God to […]

— Graeme Goldsworthy
Jan 19, 2008

The cross and criticism

In light of God’s judgment and justification of the sinner in the cross of Christ, we can begin to discover how to deal with any […]

— Alfred Poirier
Jan 18, 2008

God will never fail

Faith does not certainly promise itself either length of years or honor or riches in this life, since the Lord willed that none of these […]

— John Calvin
Jan 17, 2008

I drain this cup for you

As we watch Jesus pray in agony in Gethsemane, He has every right to turn His tearful eyes toward you and me and shout, ‘This […]

— C. J. Mahaney
Jan 16, 2008

A voice of the most beseeching tenderness

Now that the storm of the Almighty’s wrath has been discharged upon him who bore the burden of the world’s atonement, he has turned his […]

— Thomas Chalmers
Jan 15, 2008

Abiding in Jesus’ love

Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our circumstances — perhaps […]

— John Piper
Jan 14, 2008

All the righteousness God can require

The whole initiative in reconciliation rests with God. It is an expression of His love: ‘God was reconciling the world to himself.’ But God’s love […]

— Donald Macleod
Jan 13, 2008

Thy sins were crucified with him

True spiritual mortification does not consist in sin not being in thee, nor in its being put upon the cross daily, nor yet in its […]

— William Romaine
Jan 12, 2008

Faith acting upon Christ in heaven

Saving faith, which takes hold of Christ for pardon and strength, and daily flies to him for both, is the root which must be cherished, […]

— Thomas Manton
Jan 11, 2008

He knows me

What matters supremely is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it–the fact that he […]

— J. I. Packer
Jan 10, 2008

Conscience quieted by a completed work

If we have sinned, it is wonderful consciously to say, ‘Thank you for a completed work,’ after we have brought that specific sin under the […]

— Francis Schaeffer
Jan 9, 2008

The rags of man’s own righteousness

Legal obedience hath the evil of blasphemy in it. It reproaches the righteousness of Christ, as if it were not sufficient, as if his atonement […]

— Ralph Erskine
Jan 8, 2008

Growing in Christ

If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to […]

— John Owen
Jan 7, 2008

Prayer, Jesus and the eternal discourse of God

Jesus is not only the Word of God who has come in the flesh, but as the true image of God he speaks the truly […]

— Graeme Goldsworthy
Jan 6, 2008

Arm yourself with a knowledge of the gospel

A saint without a good knowledge of the gospel is as vulnerable as an army without ammunition.

— William Gurnall
Jan 5, 2008

Is God’s glory in Christ the foundation of your gladness?

The acid test of biblical God-centeredness — and faithfulness to the gospel — is this: Do you feel more loved because God makes much of […]

— John Piper
Jan 4, 2008

We cannot think too highly of Christ

I am well satisfied it will not be a burden to me at the hour of death, nor be laid to my charge at the […]

— John Newton
Jan 3, 2008

Christ is my worth

The profound manner in which God has made us right with Himself makes the secular alternative look pitifully inadequate by comparison. The feelings of guilt, […]

— Don Matzat
Jan 2, 2008

Abiding in Christ

In a nutshell, abiding in Christ means allowing His Word to fill our minds, direct our wills, and transform our affections. In other words, our […]

— Sinclair Ferguson
Jan 1, 2008

Of first importance

If there’s anything in life that we should be passionate about, it’s the gospel. And I don’t mean passionate about sharing it with others. I […]

— C. J. Mahaney