QUOTES

The holy law of God was lived out perfectly for us by Christ, and its penalty was paid perfectly for us by Christ. The living and dying of Christ for us, and this 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, is the basis of our acceptance of God. —Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel, and Kingdom, p. 86

God established his Church in the days of Abraham and put children into it. They must remain there until He puts them out. He has nowhere to put them out. They are still then members of His church & as such entitled to its ordinances. Among these ordinances is baptism. —

BB Warfield

Our job is to be true to the 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 of evangelism, regardless of the results. —Ernest C. Reisinger (1919-2004), Today’s Evangelism

Oh, persuade sinners, by all the love and mercy of God, [so] that they would enroll their names in His family, and cast themselves upon Him for salvation. —

Puritan Thomas Watson, The Ten Commandments, Pg. 259

Let us beg [on the Sabbath morning] a blessing upon the Word which is to be preached; that it may be a savor of life to us. Some complain they find no benefit in the Word preached; perhaps they did not pray for their minister as they should. —

Thomas Watson, 10 Commandments,106

Let us never doubt for a moment that the preaching of Christ crucified — the old story of his blood & righteousness & substitution— is enough for all the spiritual necessities of all mankind. It is not worn out. It is not obsolete. It has not lost its power. —JC Ryle

Spent the morning with Rev. Scott Johnson distributing tracts at the bus station, courthouse & downtown area. Pray for those who took tracts. “Never did a man obtain mercy from the Lord for himself, but he wished that others should partake also.”

—Robert Traill, Works 1:118

Nothing will more bitterly aggravate the eternal misery of the damned, than the remembrance of this: that they had a day, and in that day grace was offered to them, and that they did reject the offer. —Puritan Robert Traill, Works 1:37

Christ died, not that we might be able to form a holy nature in ourselves, but that we might receive one ready prepared and formed in Christ for us, by union and fellowship with him. — Puritan Walter Marshall, “The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification”

There is only one genuine cure for legalism. It’s the same medicine the gospel prescribes for antinomianism: understanding and tasting union with Jesus Christ Himself. —

Sinclair Ferguson, The Whole Christ, Pg. 157

Some have thought assurance arrogant, as though it were modest to be in suspense concerning our salvation. To be in suspense whether Christ is able, willing, & faithful, surely is no mark of our humility; but, on the contrary, it is a dishonor to Him. —R.L. Dabney, ST, Pg. 712

Let those who have kept up family worship formerly, but of late have left it off, be persuaded to revive it. —

Puritan Matthew Henry, Sermon on Family Religion, Misc. Works, 1:597

Let me emphasize again that faith is not the basis of our salvation; it is only the instrument. The foundation, the basis, of our salvation is the Lord Jesus Christ and His work on our behalf. —Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Exposition of Romans 10: Saving Faith, Pg. 145

The blood of Jesus, in the virtue of it, in the merit of it, and in the power of it, is as fresh this day, as in the day it was shed on the cross. —Puritan Robert Traill, Works 1:92

The world praises men and women as great Christians who deny the very elements of the Christian faith. But that which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. —Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans Volume 10: Saving Faith, Pg. 72

Of all Christians, none are so mortified as those in whom grace is most exercised. Sin is a viper that must be killed or it will kill you forever, and there is no way to kill it but by the exercise of grace. —Puritan Thomas Brooks, Works 1:179

It is true that those who strictly observe their devotions will experience more assaults, darknesses, weaknesses of faith, and unusual strife than someone who is not steadfast in his devotions. This takes place due to having a deeper insight into self.

—Wilhelmus à Brakel, 3:466

He who desires to be in an assured state, to have continual fellowship with God, to attain to a higher level of illumination & experience, and to fear God steadfastly, let him strictly observe his devotional time and let him not be neglectful in this. —

Wilhelmus à Brakel, 3:465

Souls that are weak in grace, as we have had large experience of it in our times, they are more taken up and busied about the events and issues of things [in the world], than they are with their own duties. —Puritan Thomas Brooks, Works 3:168

It is the business of Christians to make known to their children these oracles of God so that in later life the children shall say ‘I thank God I had a Christian father, a Christian mother. I cannot tell you what I owe them…’ —Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans Volume 1, Pg. 173

Chosen not for good in me, wakened up from wrath to flee, hidden in the Savior's side, by the Spirit sanctified, teach me, Lord, on earth to show, by my love, how much I owe.

—Robert Murray McCheyne, Trinity Psalter Hymnal #470