Samuel Bolton, The True Bonds of Christian Freedom.
If Christ has borne whatever our sins deserved, and by doing so has satisfied God’s justice to the full, then God cannot, in justice, punish us for sin, for that would require the full payment from Christ and yet demand part of it from us… God does not chastise us as a means of satisfaction for sin, but for rebuke and caution, to bring us to mourn for sin committed, and to beware of the like. It must always be remembered that, although Christ has borne the punishment of sin, and although God has forgiven the saints for their sins, yet God may correct His people in a fatherly way for their sin. Christ endured the great shower of wrath, the black and dismal hours of displeasure for sin. That which falls upon us is as a sun-shine shower, warmth with wetness, wetness with the warmth of His love, to make us fruitful and humble… That which the believer suffers for sin is not penal, arising from vindictive justice, but medicinal, arising from a fatherly love. It is His medicine, not His punishment; His chastisement, not His sentence; His correction, not His condemnation.
Samuel Bolton, The True Bonds of Christian Freedom.
L'obéissance est omniprésente dans les évangiles. La souplesse d'un cœur obéissant doit être complète depuis l'établissement de nos volontés jusqu'à nos actions.
CATHERINE MARSHALL (1914-1983)
ÉCRIVAIN RELIGIEUX AMÉRICAIN ET AUTEUR DU ROMAN CHRISTY, 1967
Obedience is all over the Gospels. The pliability of an obedient heart must be complete from the set of our wills right on through our actions.
CATHERINE MARSHALL (1914–1983)
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL CHRISTY, 1967
THOMAS GUTHRIE (1803-1873) PASTEUR ET RÉFORMATEUR SOCIAL ÉCOSSAIS
If the world is ever conquered for Christ, it will be by every one doing their own work, filling their own sphere, holding their own post, and saying to Jesus, Lord, what wilt thou have me do.
THOMAS GUTHRIE (1803–1873) SCOTTISH PASTOR AND SOCIAL REFORMER
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 134.
The more scarce something is, the more valuable it is. Gold and diamonds would be worthless if you could pick them up like pebbles on the side of the road. Time would not be so precious if we never died. But since we are never more than a breath away from eternity, the way we use our time has eternal significance.
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 134.
Oswald Chambers
Sin is not weakness, it is a disease; it is red-handed rebellion against God and the magnitude of that rebellion is expressed by Calvary’s cross.
Oswald Chambers
"Oubliez votre passé, pardonnez-vous, et recommencez dès maintenant. "
Auteur inconnu
" Forget your past, forgive yourself, and begin again right now. "
Unknown author
John Jowett
I think one of the cant phrases of our day is the familiar one by which we express our permanent want of time. We repeat it so often that by the very repetition we have deceived ourselves into believing it. It is never the supremely busy men who have no time. So compact and systematic is the regulation of their day that whenever you make a demand on them, they seem to find additional corners to offer for unselfish service. I confess as a minister, that the men to whom I most hopefully look for additional service are the busiest men.
John Jowett
