"The Word is Christ's royal scepter." -John Calvin.
"If it is foolish to believe what we find in Scripture, we will remain fools to the end." —
Charles Spurgeon
Jesus did not come to create a holiday. He was born to die for sinners.
Steven J. Lawson
The longer your mind is set on earthly things, the more earthly-minded you are likely to grow, and the more your thoughts will be entangled in worldly things.
Jonathan Edwards
"O may you come to him who gave his Son to bleed in the sinner’s stead, and casting yourself on what Christ has done, may you resolve, “If I perish, I will trust in him; if I be cast away, I will rely on him.” - Charles Spurgeon
No one can ever shake off the old companions of lust until by faith he becomes intimate with the grace of God revealed in the gospel. —
William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 3:110
"Do not limit what the Lord does not limit I know he has an elect people; I rejoice in it— I hope you will rejoice in it too one day[…]" - Charles Spurgeon
"The kingdom of Christ shall have the upper hand; it shall not be cast down." —
Charles Spurgeon
"The church is beautiful because God is beautiful."
Christ came and took upon him our nature partly for this purpose - that he might be nearer to us and we might be under greater advantages most familiarly to enjoy.
Jonathan Edwards
Such as the drink of the joys of heaven are never cloyed; the satiety is without loathing because they still desire the joy wherewith they are satiated. -
Thomas Watson
If we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and self-seeking and pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God, and I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him when he is full already with something else.
D.L. Moody
Our prayers when placed in the hands of our loving God move mountains... even when we don’t see it right away.
Mary’s virginity protected a great deal more than her own moral character, reputation, and the legitimacy of Jesus’ birth. It protected the nature of the divine Son of God… Jesus had to have one human parent or He could not have been human, and thereby a partaker of our flesh. But He also had to have divine parentage or He could not have made a sinless and perfect sacrifice on our behalf.
~John MacArthur~
There are many people who challenge the possibility of the Savior’s virgin birth. To do so questions the validity of the Gospel message. Without a sinless Savior, both human and divine, there is no salvation for mankind.
“The New Testament world is unable to imagine living out a healthy family life apart from the context of a healthy church life," writes Peter Scazzero. “The local church becomes the place where I am, in a very real sense, reparented."
God wants to give us a spiritual joy that is not based on circumstances.
Christ has for sin atonement made
What a wonderful Savior!
We are redeemed, and the price is paid
What a wonderful Savior!
I praise Him for the cleansing blood
What a wonderful Savior!
That reconciled my soul to God
What a wonderful Savior!
He cleansed my heart from all its sin
What a wonderful Savior!
~E.A. Hoffman~
Jesus is your wonderful Savior! There is reason to rejoice! Find the comfort and peace you need from reading the Scriptures. Let this Christmas be filled with God’s wonder, knowing He sent His Only Begotten Son into the world because of His love for you! Don't miss it!
Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the heavy door, opens the prison, and empowers us to walk away from bitterness and anger.
Pastor Chuck Smith commented, “The fact that Mary and Joseph brought birds instead of a lamb reveals their poverty…. Jesus wasn’t born in the lap of luxury.”
Whether you feel like it’s “the most wonderful time of the year” or the most stressful time of the year, slow down… Breathe deep. Rest in the presence of God. When anxiety hunts you down, inhale: I give You my worries and cares, and exhale: for You care about me.
Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.
~C.H. Spurgeon~
The Lord rescues and transforms lives by His grace. This plan of God is established upon Jesus being given as a sacrifice for our sins: "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all." This gift of God's Son assures us that God will also give us with Christ everything we need. "How shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" God's giving is to be coupled with man's receiving. As God is freely giving to man, He wants man to be humbly receiving from Him.
As the ultimate free gift of God's grace, Jesus was given for us (dying for our sins): "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all" (Romans 8:32). Moreover, He was given for us to be given to us (that He might express His life in and through us).
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