“Is there anything you're hiding from Jesus? Bring it into the light of his presence now. Then read 1 John 1:7 and rejoice.” — Sinclair Ferguson “Faith can say that our last day in this world is our best day because of what lies ahead of us—we are leaving this world of sin, curse, and death, and bodies that are indwelled by sin and corruption.” — Guy Prentiss Waters, Facing the Last Enemy, 53. “God by his providence brings glory to himself and good out of sin… The holiness of God could never purpose or plan sin as sin. But God in his wisdom, foreseeing sin and decreeing to permit it, makes sin subservient to his own honor.” — Stephen Charnock “As we approach death, we need to see it through the spectacles of the finished work of Christ. The gospel tells us that Christ has conquered and subdued death. That is the only way that we can face death with hope or confidence.” Guy Prentiss Waters, Facing the Last Enemy, 22.
“The deeper our thoughts are of the odiousness of sin, the deeper our comfort and joy in Christ will be afterward.” — Richard Sibbes
“… though it is by God's permission that we can do evil, it is not by his motivation that we will do evil. That is wholly from ourselves.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 57. "One of Scripture’s most difficult concepts is that God can bring good out of evil." R.C. Sproul
"In God, ultimately, all of His attributes are just Himself. They're all simply who and what He is. His goodness and His faithfulness, His omnipotence, His holiness, and His unchanging character—they're all who He is." —Sinclair Ferguson
“Do we blame God if something that is good in and of itself is turned into poison by others?… Human nature at present is not from creation, in which God is affirming, but from corruption and sin, in which God is permissive.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 57.
“You’re not writing a commentary; you’re preaching a sermon.” - Alistair Begg
Learn to know Christ and Him crucified. Learn to sing to Him, and say, ‘Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am Your sin. You have taken upon Yourself what is mine and given me what is Yours. You have become what You were not so that I might become what I was not.’ — Luther “We rejoice not because we have done enough but because Christ has done enough.” ~ Sinclair Ferguson “The corruption in the world arises from our desires and not from the objects that God in his providence presents to us (2 Peter 1:4). The creature is from God, but its abuse results from our corrupt natures.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 56-57. “… the Reformers themselves considered their work to be that of reformation, not revolution. They did not see their activities as an organized revolt against the church or against historic Christianity.” — R. C. Sproul, Luther and the Reformation, 2.
“… after the fall, we move and act according to our depraved nature, which we introduced by our sin when we expelled our innocence and righteousness. Our first corruption was our own act, not God's work. We owe our creation to God and our corruption to ourselves.” — Charnock “In his ordinary providence, God moves all things and all people according to their particular natures.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 55.
“The devil thought he was defeating Christ, but Christ was reconciling us to God, defeating the devil and delivering us out of his clutches.” Martyn Lloyd-Jones
You only need entertainment when you've lost the joy of the Lord. -Leonard Ravenhill - The heart of the natural man is wedded to everything which is opposed to God. -A.W. Pink -
You won't become a saint by studying your Bible--you'll become a saint by living it. -Leonard Ravenhill - We cannot enter into the presence of God while we are rebelling against God. -A.W. Tozer
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