I came to love you late, O Beauty so ancient and so new,” he wrote. “I came to love you late. You were within me, and I was outside, where I rushed about wildly searching for you like some monster loose in your beautiful world. You called me, you shouted to me, and you broke past my deafness. You bathed me in your light, wrapped me in your splendor…you touched me and I burned to know your peace.” The Confessions of St. Augustine in Modern English
Every believer is called to declare the whole counsel of God. He has called us to preach the gospel and to be His representatives. Therefore, we must do our part and be faithful to Him.
Our culture needs to hear the truth. Yes, it’s easier to blend into the background and avoid offending anyone. But do we want to offend God? If we don’t tell the whole truth, then we will.
"In believers, the power of Jesus Christ can uphold little sparks of grace in the midst of an ocean of corruption." -Jeremiah Burroughs.
My dear friend, when grief presses you to the dust, worship there!
Charles H. Spurgeon
“True Christian knowledge is the knowledge of a Person.” — Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“The human heart is a perpetual idol factory.” ~ John Calvin
“Beloved, if we would think right about sin, let us see it in the casting of Adam out of paradise (Gen. 3:23, 24), and us in him.” — Richard Sibbes
“It is not faith that saves, but faith in Jesus Christ... It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that saves through faith.” — B.B. Warfield
“… repentance, the inseparable attendant of faith.” — John Calvin, Institutes, III.III.1.
“Let thy eye and heart, first, most, and last, be fixed upon Christ, then will assurance bed and board with thee.” — Thomas Brooks
“… the very essence of assurance lies in communion with God.” — Augustus Toplady
We must understand then, that even though God doesn’t always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation. Augustine
Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil. Augustine
What do you possess if you do possess not God? Augustine He who falls by his own will, and he who stands, stands by God’s will. Augustine Do not follow any road, but that which Christ trod. This road seems hard, but it is safe. Augustine
"No matter how many years we follow Christ and read God's word, there will always be more to understand and enjoy." —Alistair Begg
An irrevocable edict was in place to annihilate the Jews. But when Esther convinced the king to issue a second edict, the Jews were allowed to defend themselves. Find out what happened when the edicts collided. That's on Truth For Life.
Alistair Begg:
"What a torturous situation Pilate was in, to know the right thing to do and to be so fearful of what other people say and think that he couldn't find it in himself to do the right thing." —Alistair Begg
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