If Christ by dying has made full satisfaction, then God is no loser in pardoning the greatest of sinners that believe in Jesus. His justice is not neglected nor is it an obstacle to their justification and salvation. —Puritan John Flavel, Works 1:186
"We take for granted that prayer is preparation for work, whereas prayer is the work." -
Oswald Chambers.
There’s no place for more comfort, hope, assurance, peace, and joy than in the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
"Our cross is not what we wear, but what we bear." -Steven Lawson.
High communion with Christ will yield you two heavens, a heaven upon earth, and a heaven after death. —Thomas Brooks, Works 2:306
Christ emptied Himself not by losing what He was, but by taking to Him what He was not. Augustine
He has offered the strongest inducement to look, to receive, and to be united in heart with [God], by offering up himself a sacrifice. - Jonathan Edwards
Salvation is the best thing we can pray for ourselves or those we love. —
Puritan Robert Traill, Works 1:119
Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind. Jonathan Edwards
"The Incarnation is God revealing His glory in the face of Jesus Christ." -
Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
"The heart of the Christmas message is a baby bound in swaddling bands and lying in a wooden manger who is destined to be bound again in later life and laid upon wood on the cross of Calvary." -Sinclair Ferguson.
He takes the sinner's debt upon himself and becomes a bond for him so that justice no longer looks to the sinner who believed in him for a discharge of the debt but to Christ. -
Jonathan Edwards
Circumstances and creatures may change, but he will be an unchangeable friend. -
John Newton
Prayers for 2023:
1. Jesus would be our joy.
2. Love would be our language.
3. Mercy would be our attitude.
4. Faithfulness would be our aim.
5. Truth would be our passion.
6. Gentleness would be our actions.
7. God’s glory would be our goal.
When a father’s worst enemy hands a weapon to his rebellious son & persuades him to wound his parent, this heaps an added weight of sorrow to the pain. But this is exactly what you do, Christian, every time you break God’s law. —
W. Gurnall, Christian in Complete Armour, 3:289
Entry from Metropolitan Tabernacle Testimony Books for Joseph Larker (29 Smyrks Rd, Old Kent Rd): "A Bookbinder. Was not attending any place of worship but rather opposed to religion. When a packet of sermons preached by our pastor was given to him to bind,
"One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time." -John Piper.
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