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dimanche 28 février 1999
Deux sortes d'hommes
samedi 27 février 1999
La dévotion
John Murray, Principles of Conduct, Eerdmans, 1978, p. 230.
Devotion signifies a life given, or devoted to God. He therefore is the devout (godly) man, who lives no longer to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of God, who considers God in everything, who makes all the parts of his common life, parts of piety (godliness), by doing everything in the name of God, and under such rules as are conformable to His Glory.
John Murray, Principles of Conduct, Eerdmans, 1978, p. 230.
vendredi 26 février 1999
Sa réjouissance
Jonathan Edwards
As God delights in His own beauty, He must necessarily delight in the creature’s holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it.
Jonathan Edwards
jeudi 25 février 1999
Nous trébuchons tous sur notre destin
Julia Loren
We are all stumbling toward our destiny. Destiny changes. Who we are and what we do at different points in our lives will eventually converge into something so much more than we ever thought that we would become. But the key is to stay close to the heartbeat of the Father and position ourselves for purpose.
Julia Loren
mercredi 24 février 1999
La transgression de la loi
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, p. 21.
Sin…consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining, anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God. “Sin,” in short, as the Scripture says, is “the transgression of the law” (1 Jn. 3:4). The slightest outward or inward departure from absolute mathematical parallelism with God’s revealed will and character constitutes a sin, and at once makes us guilty in God’s sight… There are sins of omission as well as commission, and that we sin…by “leaving undone the things we ought to do,” as really as by “doing the things we ought not to do.”
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, p. 21.
mardi 23 février 1999
Notre salut est attaché par la main même de Dieu
Je me réjouis dans l'espoir de cette gloire qui sera révélée, car ce n'est pas une gloire incertaine que nous attendons. Notre espérance n'est pas suspendue à un fil non torsadé tel que : "J'imagine" ou "C'est probable", mais le câble, le solide câble de notre ancre, est le serment et la promesse de Celui qui est la vérité éternelle. Notre salut est attaché par la main même de Dieu, et par la force même du Christ, au pieu solide de la nature immuable de Dieu.
lundi 22 février 1999
La beauté
C.S. Lewis
We do not want to merely “see” beauty–though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words–to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it.
C.S. Lewis
dimanche 21 février 1999
Magnifier le Christ
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 237.
Wherever the Holy Spirit dwells, His presence creates a hunger for holiness. His office is to magnify Christ, and it is He who gives the believer a desire to be like Christ. The natural man has no such passion. But in the Christian, the Spirit of God begins to carry out the will of God to make the child of God like the Son of God (Romans 8:29). And He who began this good work in the life of the believer “will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6).
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 237.
samedi 20 février 1999
Dieu "opère toutes choses selon le conseil de sa volonté"
John Piper
God “works all things after the counsel of His will” (Ephesians 1:11). This “all things” includes the fall of sparrows (Matthew 10:29), the rolling of dice (Proverbs 16:33), the slaughter of his people (Psalm 44:11), the decisions of kings (Proverbs 21:1), the failing of sight (Exodus 4:11), the sickness of children (2 Samuel 12:15), the loss and gain of money (1 Samuel 2:7), the suffering of saints (1 Peter 4:19), the completion of travel plans (James 4:15), the persecution of Christians (Hebrews 12:4-7), the repentance of souls (2 Timothy 2:25), the gift of faith (Philippians 1:29), the pursuit of holiness (Philippians 3:12-13), the growth of believers (Hebrews 6:3), the giving of life and the taking in death (1 Samuel 2:6) and the crucifixion of his Son (Acts 4:27-28).
John Piper
vendredi 19 février 1999
Eloignement spirituel
Gaspar Hodge
When God’s people departed from Him (in the Old Testament biblical accounts) all the more emphasis was put upon His faithfulness, so that the only hope of His wayward people lay not only in His grace and mercy but also in His faithfulness, which stands in marked contrast with the faithlessness and inconstancy of His people.
Gaspar Hodge
jeudi 18 février 1999
Le doute ou l'épreuve ?
Charles H. Spurgeon
“It seems to me that doubt is worse than trial. I had sooner suffer any affliction than be left to question the gospel or my own interest in it.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
mercredi 17 février 1999
Assimiler la sainteté à la pureté
R.C. Sproul
We are so accustomed to equating holiness with purity or ethical perfection that we look for the idea when the word holy appears. When things are made holy, when they are consecrated, they are set apart unto purity. They are to be used in a pure way. They are to reflect purity as well as simple apartness. Purity is not excluded from the idea of the holy; it is contained within it. But the point we must remember is that the idea of the holy is never exhausted by the idea of purity. It includes purity but is much more than that. It is purity and transcendence. It is transcendent purity.
R.C. Sproul
mardi 16 février 1999
Je suis un disciple du Messie.
Pasteur zimbabwéen anonyme
I am a disciple of the Messiah. I will not let up, look back or slow down. My past is redeemed, my future is secure. I am done with low living, small planning, smooth knees, mundane talking, chincy giving, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised or rewarded. My face is set; my goal is sure. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few. My God is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, delayed or deluded. I will not flinch in the face of adversity, not negotiate at the table of the enemy or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I am a disciple of the Messiah. I must go until He comes, speak of all I know of Him and work until He stops me. And when He comes for His own, by the grace of God, He will have no problem recognizing me, because my colors are clear.
Unknown Zimbabwean Pastor
lundi 15 février 1999
Une conversion saine
A. W. Pink
“Just as the sinner's despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace.”
A. W. Pink
dimanche 14 février 1999
Rendre mon âme heureuse dans le Seigneur
Georges Müller
I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord. The first thing to be concerned about was not, how much I might serve the Lord, how I might glorify the Lord; but how I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner man may be nourished… I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it.
Georges Müller
samedi 13 février 1999
vendredi 12 février 1999
Les bienfaits de se complaire en Dieu
Les bienfaits de se complaire en Dieu :
1. La délectation en Dieu prouvera que vous le connaissez et l'aimez et que vous êtes préparé pour son royaume, car tous ceux qui se délectent vraiment en lui jouiront de lui.
2. La prospérité, qui n'est que la petite addition de choses terrestres, ne vous corrompra pas facilement et ne vous transportera pas.
3. L'adversité, c'est-à-dire la rétention des délices terrestres, ne vous affligera pas beaucoup et ne vous déprimera pas facilement.
4. Vous tirerez plus de profit d'un sermon, d'un bon livre ou d'une conversation dont vous vous réjouissez, que d'autres personnes, qui ne s'en réjouissent pas, n'en tireront de plusieurs occasions semblables.
5. Tout votre service sera doux pour vous-même et agréable à Dieu ; si vous vous plaisez en lui, il se plaît certainement en vous (Psaume 149:4 ; 147:11 ; 1 Chroniques 29:17).
6. Il fera un festin continuel avec vous, pour adoucir toutes les croix de votre vie et vous procurer une joie plus grande que votre tristesse dans votre condition la plus triste.
7. Lorsque vous vous délectez en Dieu, vos plaisirs créés vous seront sanctifiés et justifiés à leur juste place, alors que chez d'autres personnes ils sont idolâtres ou corrompus.
Richard Baxter
Benefits of delighting ourselves in God:
1. Delight in God will prove that you know Him and love Him and that you are prepared for His kingdom, for all who truly delight in Him shall enjoy Him.
2. Prosperity, which is merely the small addition of earthly things, will not easily corrupt you or transport you.
3. Adversity, that is, the withholding of earthly delights, will not much grieve you or easily deject you.
4. You will receive more profit from a sermon or good book or conversation you delight in, than other people, who don’t delight in them, will receive from many such opportunities.
5. All your service will be sweet to yourself and acceptable to God; if you delight in Him, He certainly delights in you (Psalm 149:4; 147:11; 1 Chronicles 29:17).
6. He will have a continual feast with you, to sweeten all the crosses of your life and provide you with joy greater than your sorrow in your saddest condition.
7. When you delight in God, your created pleasures will be sanctified to you and warranted in their proper place, which in other people are idolatrous or corrupt.
Richard Baxter
jeudi 11 février 1999
Aller au ciel
Jonathan Edwards, The Christian Pilgrim, Œuvres de Jonathan Edwards, 1974.
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows, but God is the substance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but streams. But God is the ocean.
Jonathan Edwards, The Christian Pilgrim, Works of Jonathan Edwards, 1974.
mercredi 10 février 1999
Un vrai sens de l'excellence divine
Jonathan Edwards
It may be thus described: A true sense of the divine excellency of the things revealed in the Word of God, and a conviction of the truth and reality of them thence arising... [This spiritual light] reveals no new doctrine, it suggests no new propositions to the mind, it teaches no new thing of God, or Christ or another world not taught in the Bible, but only gives a due apprehension of those things that are taught in the Word of God.
Jonathan Edwards
mardi 9 février 1999
Vision
J.C. Ryle
Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order to appreciate the great Physician.
J.C. Ryle
lundi 8 février 1999
Une simple indulgence ?
John Piper
Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.
John Piper
dimanche 7 février 1999
Nos larmes
Charles H. Spurgeon
When a tear is wept by you, think not your Father does not behold; for, “Like as a father pities his children so the Lord pities them that fear Him.” Your sigh is able to move the heart of Jehovah; your whisper can incline His ear unto you; your prayer can stay His hands; your faith can move His arm. Oh! Think not that God sits on high in an eternal slumber, taking no account of you.
Charles H. Spurgeon
samedi 6 février 1999
Prêts à payer le prix ?
Si nous ne sommes pas prêts à payer le prix, à sacrifier du temps et de l'attention et ce qui semble être des tâches légitimes ou nécessaires, au nom des dons célestes, nous ne devons pas espérer une grande expérience de la puissance du monde céleste dans notre travail.
vendredi 5 février 1999
Pourquoi ?
Charles H. Spurgeon
God never punishes his children in the sense of avenging justice. He chastens as a father does his child, but he never punishes his redeemed as a judge does a criminal. It is unjust to exact punishment from redeemed souls since Christ has been punished in their place. How shall the Lord punish twice for one offense?
Charles H. Spurgeon
jeudi 4 février 1999
La prière du coeur
Seule la prière qui vient de notre cœur peut atteindre le cœur de Dieu.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God’s heart.
Charles H. Spurgeon
mercredi 3 février 1999
La seule réponse appropriée
La seule réponse appropriée à cette parole que Jésus apporte avec lui depuis l'éternité est tout simplement de la faire. Jésus a parlé : sa parole est la sienne, la nôtre est l'obéissance. C'est seulement en l'accomplissant que la parole de Jésus atteint son honneur, sa force et sa puissance parmi nous.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER (1905-1945) THÉOLOGIEN ALLEMAND
THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP, 1937
The only proper response to this word which Jesus brings with him from eternity is simply to do it. Jesus has spoken: his is the word, ours is the obedience. Only in the doing of it does the word of Jesus attain its honor, might, and power among us.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER (1905–1945) GERMAN THEOLOGIAN
THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP, 1937
mardi 2 février 1999
La paternité de Dieu
John Piper
If you ask a typical evangelical Christian today what the fatherhood of God means to them, they would probably almost all say, “It means that He loves me, that He will take care of me and guide me and forgive me and take me home to live with Him forever some day.” And this would be true – wonderfully true! … But is it not striking that the most famous of all biblical commands relating to child and father is surely the fifth commandment, Exodus 20:12, "Honor your father and your mother;" and yet very few people today would say that the fatherhood of God implies to them that God is to be honored and revered and venerated and held in sacred respect.
John Piper
lundi 1 février 1999
Une vie de partage
Le sociologue Robert Putnam écrit : « Une seule certitude se dégage de plus d’un demi-siècle de recherches dans ce domaine, non seulement aux USA mais dans le monde entier : c’est le nombre et la qualité de nos relations sociales qui déterminent le bonheur ».
Pourtant bien des gens autour de vous n’ont rien de tout ça et finissent dans la solitude. Les premiers chrétiens avaient trouvé la solution : tout partager, la spiritualité, les sentiments, les biens matériels, et les relations, pour atteindre le degré ultime du bonheur."