“Do not present yourself as a master of the Word, but as one who longs to be mastered by the Word.” - Beeke and Smalley. RST, 1:473 “A lazy Christian shall always want (lack) four things: comfort, content, confidence, and assurance. God hath made a separation between joy and idleness, between assurance and laziness…” — Thomas Brooks
“There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.” — Richard Sibbes "Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing will so magnify the whole soul of man––as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the great subject of the Deity. While humbling and expanding, this subject is eminently consolatory." –– Charles Spurgeon “He who truly loves God will love God’s word because the word reveals God and sets us on firm ground” — Kevin DeYoung, Don’t Be True to Yourself, 37. “God made a saint and a scholar out of a sex-crazed teenager.” — Kevin DeYoung on Augustine “We must kill the sin that tempts us to look away from him—and we kill it by looking at him.” — J. Garrett Kell, Pure in Heart, 28. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. —Robert Murray McCheyne “Faith would make us walk, but assurance would make us run; we should think we could never do enough for God.” — Thomas Watson “Purity is an orientation of the faith-filled heart that flees the pleasures of sin and pursues the pleasures of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.” — J. Garrett Kell, Pure in Heart, 28.
“As Christians, our standing before God is not based on our performance but on Jesus's… our relationship with God is based on His faithfulness and what Christ accomplished and not on what we do.”
“No matter who we are, whatever our stage of life, when it comes time to make a decision about where to live or where to go to school or what house to buy, you should put the church at the top of your list.” — Kevin DeYoung, Don’t Be True to Yourself, 26.
“God calls us to purity in our actions, but he also demands it in our affections.” — J. Garrett Kell, Pure in Heart, 26.
“What a poor Gospel it must be, which leaves the man who believes it still in doubt as to whether he is a child of God, an unpardoned or a pardoned sinner!” — Horatius Bonar
"The most excellent study for expanding the soul is the science of Christ and Him crucified, and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity." –– Charles Spurgeon
"When we start to tell lies, one of the ways that we try and gild the lily is by including biblical language. Something that may not be true, kind, or necessary is passed as concern for the kingdom. This is gossip, but we call it 'prayer.'" —Alistair Begg
"Don't miss the hand of God when your plots—good or bad—come to an end. In days of difficulty, sadness, disappointment, and failure, don't miss the chance to see that God is at work in the dark shadows as well as in the light." —Alistair Begg
"Am I prepared to remove the robe that represents who I am and what I am and security—and much of it filthy and useless—and allow Jesus to cover me with a robe of His righteousness?" —Alistair Begg
"In the midst of triumphs and trials alike, here is what can give you stability: that God's steadfast love and mercies toward you will never expire." —Alistair Begg
"If you have one friend who can tolerate you, be honest with you, love you, know the worst about you, and stick with you, you are rich. Genuine friendship at this level is peculiarly unique." —Alistair Begg
As Alistair Begg continues a study of 1 Samuel, Saul (the rejected king) and David (the anointed king) are about to collide. Only one kingdom can survive. What will be the deciding factor? Find out when you listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg:
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