“A follower of Christ shall have what he needs but not always what he thinks he needs. Providence supplies our necessities, not our desires. He satisfies our wants, not our wantonness.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 112.
“Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican form of government, and all the blessings which flow from them, must fall with them.” — Jedidiah Morse “When we use milder language to call sin something other than it truly is before a Holy God, it does not make us safer. It puts us in greater danger.” — Kevin DeYoung “He will do his children no harm and will order all things to our good out of fatherly affection.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 111. “And when I consider how Christ died to purge sin and to satisfy it, can I, being one with him, have any attitude other than he had upon the cross? I cannot.” — Richard Sibbes A gospel independent of history is simply a contradiction in terms. J. Gresham Machen
Christ will never divest himself of his assumed humanity, or else we could not be saved. — Robert Letham Pastors are God’s stewards of his word and his people, and the church office is not a personal possession but an assignment to steward. David Mathis “Our present treasure is that we stand in the righteousness of Christ. Our future hope is that soon we will be taken to a land where sin shall be no more and we will look like Christ.” —
J. Garrett Kell, Pure in Heart, 156. “How cherished and joyful it is to be in covenant with God and to be under the care of his wisdom and goodness! He rules the world as its governor and has all things at his beck, yet he is our Father and friend.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 111. “For every look you take at yourself in your daily experience, take two looks at who you are in Christ." — Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? 95 “We must believe that God forgives and welcomes sinners.” — Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? 89.
“The truth that God in fact reigns is as great a joy to the godly as it is a terror to the wicked.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 110.
Jesus Christ does not purchase the Father’s love, rather He is the expression of it. —
Terry L. Johnson, The Identity and Attributes of God, Pg. 41 The so-called parable of the prodigal son is more accurately denominated the parable of the loving father. The father is the chief persona dramatic. Not the son’s waywardness, nor even his repentance, is the theme, but the father’s love for the perverse child. —RB Kuiper
Christ does not bring us back to the point on the road where Adam stood but has covered the whole journey for us to the very end. —Herman Bavinck The Father makes the promise of redemption, the Son seals it with his blood, and the Spirit applies it; the Father adopts us to be his children, the Son redeems us to be his members, and the Spirit renews us to be his temples. —Stephen Charnock, Existence and Attributes, 2:319 If we ever get tired of hearing these things (the truths of the Gospel) we can be quite sure that we have either never been Christians or we are in a state of serious backsliding. —
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans Volume 10: Saving Faith, Pg. 107
In an era of theological confusion and moral compromise, we can gain much by reading the Puritans. —Joel R. Beeke, Ore From The Puritan Mines, ix Salvation from sin is a means to an end. The end is relational. We are 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 our sins that we might be 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 to God. We are 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 to God that we might 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 God. —
Terry L. Johnson, The Identity and Attributes of God, Pg. 16
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