Believers are never called in the New Testament to create ‘unity’ or ‘fellowship.’ Rather, believers are called to maintain the fellowship that the Holy Spirit creates through the truth. We don’t seek unity. We seek the truth. And the unity in the Spirit emerges as a result.
The person of Christ is the principal object of the love of God
As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness. —
RC Sproul
"The gospel has about it a divine authority, and is not to be thrilled with." -
Charles Spurgeon
The false penitent is driven. The true penitent is drawn.
hat people need is the gospel, not directions for saving themselves but knowledge of how God has saved them.
J. Gresham Machen
“God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” -
C.S. Lewis
If you aren't pursuing holiness, you aren't indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
EVERY book in the N.T., except Philemon, mentions something about false teachings/teachers.
Nothing renders us so like unto God as our love unto Jesus Christ -
John Owen
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. -
John Calvin
"Remember, upon whomsoever, it shall fall it will grind him to powder. Christ himself has said it, and so it must be. May he of his infinite mercy give us the willing and the obedient mind that we may not pervert the gospel to our own destruction." -
Charles Spurgeon
"If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present." -
Roy T. Bennett
Fill your affections with the cross of Christ, so that there may be no room for sin.
John Owen
A life given away in care and compassion for children is not a wasted life.
You're either on the side of biblical truth or some form of secular humanism or progressive ideology. These two worldviews counter each other and cannot be mixed. Christian leaders that think they can be are staying silent because it will hurt the personal kingdom they've built.
"Jesus blessed the... Poor, Suffering, Meek, Justice, -hungry, Merciful, Pure-hearted, Peacemakers, and the Persecuted, don’t admire those who mock this."
When you think nothing is happening, your waiting matters.
the promises of God cascade forth, one upon another. "He will not break…He will not quench…He will bring forth …He will not fail." This set of four promises confirms a unique King for the people of God. His uniqueness is seen in how He would deal with bruised reeds and smoking flaxes, as well as in the justice He would eventually establish upon the earth.
Bob Hoekstra
No man who is full of himself can ever truly preach the Christ who emptied Himself. -
J. Sidlow Baxter
Abiding with Christ against the charges of sin is our daily work. It is sometimes higher and more pressing, but it is our daily work. —John Owen,
I often think God gave us in Scripture some general principles and guidelines to follow, then attached a big asterisk, "See Me before proceeding!" In other words, the Lord wants us to speak with Him about how to apply His Word to our specific situations.
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