George Muller
It is true that the faith which I am able to exercise is God’s own gift. He alone supports it, and He alone can increase it. Moment by moment, I depend on Him. If I were left to myself, my faith would utterly fail.
George Muller
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George Muller
It is true that the faith which I am able to exercise is God’s own gift. He alone supports it, and He alone can increase it. Moment by moment, I depend on Him. If I were left to myself, my faith would utterly fail.
George Muller
John Piper
Sin is lawlessness. In other words sin is man’s refusal to submit to God’s law, that is, God’s Word. It is insubordination.
John Piper
Lorsqu'on expose le sujet solennel et béni de la préordination divine, lorsqu'on expose le choix éternel que Dieu fait de certains pour les rendre conformes à l'image de son Fils, l'Ennemi envoie un homme pour soutenir que l'élection est fondée sur la prescience de Dieu, et cette "prescience" est interprétée comme signifiant que Dieu a prévu que certains seraient plus flexibles que d'autres, qu'ils répondraient plus facilement aux sollicitations de l'Esprit, et que, parce que Dieu savait qu'ils croiraient, il les a, en conséquence, prédestinés au salut. Mais une telle affirmation est radicalement fausse. Elle répudie la vérité de la dépravation totale, car elle soutient qu'il y a quelque chose de bon dans certains hommes Elle enlève l'indépendance de Dieu, car elle fait reposer Ses décrets sur ce qu'Il découvre dans la créature Elle renverse complètement les choses, car en disant que Dieu prévoyait que certains pécheurs croiraient en Christ, et qu'à cause de cela, Il les a prédestinés au salut, c'est tout le contraire de la vérité. La Bible affirme que Dieu, dans sa haute souveraineté, a choisi certaines personnes pour qu'elles bénéficient de ses faveurs particulières (Actes 13:48), et qu'il a donc décidé de leur accorder le don de la foi. La fausse théologie fait de la prescience de Dieu de notre croyance la cause de son élection au salut ; alors que l'élection de Dieu est la cause, et notre croyance en Christ est l'effet.
A.W. Pink, The Attributes of God, Baker Book House, p. 23.
When the solemn and blessed subject of Divine foreordination is expounded, when God’s eternal choice of certain ones to be conformed to the image of His Son is set forth, the Enemy sends along some man to argue that election is based upon the foreknowledge of God, and this “foreknowledge” is interpreted to mean that God foresaw certain ones would be more pliable than others, that they would respond more readily to the strivings of the Spirit, and that because God knew they would believe, He, accordingly, predestinated them unto salvation. But such a statement is radically wrong. It repudiates the truth of total depravity, for it argues that there is something good in some men It takes away the independency of God, for it makes His decrees rest upon what He discovers in the creature It completely turns things upside down, for in saying God foresaw certain sinners would believe in Christ, and that because of this, He predestinated them unto salvation, is the very reverse of the truth. Scripture affirms that God, in His high sovereignty, singled out certain ones to be recipients of His distinguishing favors (Acts 13:48), and therefore He determined to bestow upon them the gift of faith. False theology makes God’s foreknowledge of our believing the cause of His election to salvation; whereas, God’s election is the cause, and our believing in Christ is the effect.
A.W. Pink, The Attributes of God, Baker Book House, p. 23.
Billy Sunday
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
Billy Sunday
Louis Berkhof, Summary of Christian Doctrine, Part II: The Doctrine of God and Creation, Chapter VIII: The Divine Decree
The decree of God is founded in wisdom, Eph. 3:9-11, though we do not always understand it. It was formed in the depths of eternity, and is therefore eternal in the strictest sense of the word, Eph. 3:11. Moreover, it is effectual, so that everything that is included in it certainly comes to pass, Isa. 46:10. The plan of God is also unchangeable, because He is faithful and true, Job 28:13, 14; Isa. 46:10; Luke 22:22. It is unconditional, that is, its execution does not depend on any action of man but even renders such action certain, Acts 2:23; Eph. 2:8. Moreover, it is all-inclusive, embracing the good and the wicked actions of men, Eph. 2:10; Acts 2:28, contingent events, Gen. 50:20, the duration of man’s life, Job 14:5; Ps. 39:4, and the place of his habitation, Acts 17:26. With respect to sin it is permissive.
Louis Berkhof, Summary of Christian Doctrine, Part II: The Doctrine of God and Creation, Chapter VIII: The Divine Decrees.
Philip Hughes, 2 Corinthians, Eerdmans, 1962, p. 66-67.
Only He who was entirely without sin of His own was free to bear the sin of others. And only God-become-Man could achieve this unblemished victory over Satan and death for our fallen and rebellious race. Such a Mediator was absolutely essential for our reconciliation to God.
Philip Hughes, 2 Corinthians, Eerdmans, 1962, p. 66-67.
Katherine Walden
Failure enslaves you in a prison of mediocrity. Freedom is found when you utilize the lessons learned by your failures as stepping stones toward abundant life.
Katherine Walden
Martin Luther a dit que Dieu manie deux verges. L'une est le bâton de la bonté paternelle - le bâton de l'amour et de la miséricorde pour corriger ses enfants. L'autre est le bâton de la colère découlant de la justice et de la colère envers Ses ennemis. Nous savons que pour le chrétien, le Christ a pris le bâton de la colère en notre nom. La justice a été accomplie lorsqu'il a pris notre péché sur lui. La colère de Dieu s'est pleinement épuisée sur Lui. Nous avons été pardonnés et adoptés dans la famille de Dieu. Pourtant, dans cette famille, nous recevons le bâton de la correction d'un Père qui cherche à nous corriger lorsque nous péchons. C'est parce qu'il connaît mieux que nous les conséquences du péché. C'est parce qu'il nous aime ! La discipline est toujours un signe d'amour.
Randy Smith
Martin Luther said that God wields two rods. One is the rod of Fatherly kindness – the rod of love and mercy to correct His children. The other is the club of anger flowing from justice and wrath toward His enemies. We know for the Christian, Christ took the rod of anger on our behalf. Justice was accomplished we He took our sin upon Himself. God’s wrath was fully exhausted upon Him. We have been forgiven and adopted into God’s family. Yet in that family we do receive the rod of correction from a Father that seeks to correct us when we sin. It is because He knows better than us the consequences of sin. It is because He loves us! Discipline is always a sign of love.
Randy Smith
"Tout" est tout ; et de même que nous pouvons Lui faire confiance pour nous purifier de la souillure des péchés passés, de même nous pouvons Lui faire confiance pour nous purifier de toute souillure présente.....
Frances Ridley Havergal
Have we not been limiting the cleansing power of the precious blood when applied by the Holy Spirit, and also the keeping power of our God? Have we not been limiting 1 John 1:7, by practically making it refer only to “the remission of sins that are past,” instead of taking the grand simplicity of “cleanseth us from all sin”?
“All” is all; and as we may trust Him to cleanse from the stain of past sins, so we may trust Him to cleanse from all present defilement….
Frances Ridley Havergal
Lorsque nous "croyons en la Bible", nous voulons dire qu'elle est plus qu'une simple vérité intellectuelle. Nous proclamons que sa vérité a des implications qui changent la vie.
R. C. SPROUL
PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND PRESIDENT OF LIGONIER MINISTRIES
FIVE THINGS EVERY CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO GROW, 2002
When we "believe in the Bible," we mean that it is more than just intellectually true. We proclaim that its truth has life-changing implications.
R. C. SPROUL
PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND CHAIRMAN OF LIGONIER MINISTRIES
FIVE THINGS EVERY CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO GROW, 2002
Stephen Charnock
Nourish right conceptions of the majesty of God in your minds. Let us consider that we are drawing to God, the most amiable object, the best of beings, worthy of infinite honor, and highly meriting the highest affections we can give; a God that made the world by a word, that upholds the great frame of heaven and earth; a Majesty above the conceptions of angels; who uses not His power to strike us our deserved punishment, but His love and bounty to allure us; a God that gave all creatures to serve us, and can, in a trice, make them as much our enemies as he hath now made them our servants. Let us view Him in His greatness, and in His goodness, that our hearts may have a true value of the worship of so great a majesty, and count it the most worthy employment with all diligence to attend upon Him.
Stephen Charnock
Jim Elliff
Repentance is a change of mind regarding sin and God, an inward turning from sin to God, which is known by its fruit – obedience (Mt. 3:8; Acts 26:20; Lk. 13:5-9). It is hating what you once loved and loving what you once hated, exchanging irresistible sin for an irresistible Christ.
Jim Elliff
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Le chemin de Jésus ne peut pas être imposé ou tracé - il exige une participation active à la suite de Jésus alors qu'il nous conduit à travers un territoire parfois étrange et inconnu, dans des circonstances qui ne deviennent claires que dans les hésitations et les questionnements, dans les pauses et les réflexions où nous nous engageons dans une conversation priante les uns avec les autres et avec Lui.
Eugène H. Peterson
The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with Him.
Eugene H. Peterson
John Bunyan
Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of Heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other's roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
John Bunyan
"Je n'ai pas le temps" est probablement un mensonge le plus souvent, couvrant "Je ne veux pas". Nous avons du temps - vingt-quatre heures dans une journée, sept jours dans une semaine. Nous avons tous la même portion. "Si le président peut diriger le pays en vingt-quatre heures par jour, tu devrais pouvoir faire nettoyer ta chambre", a dit une mère à son fils adolescent. Les demandes de notre temps diffèrent, bien sûr, et c'est ici que le disciple doit se référer à son Maître. Que veux-tu que je fasse, Seigneur ? Il y aura du temps, soyez-en sûrs, pour tout ce que Dieu veut que nous fassions.
Elisabeth Elliot
Time is a creature—a created thing—and a gift. We cannot make any more of it. We can only receive it and be faithful stewards in the use of it.
“I don’t have time” is probably a lie more often than not, covering “I don’t want to.” We have time—twenty-four hours in a day, seven days in a week. All of us have the same portion. “If the president can run the country on twenty-four hours a day, you ought to be able to get your room cleaned” is what one mother said to her teenage son. Demands on our time differ, of course, and it is here that the disciple must refer to his Master. What do You want me to do, Lord? There will be time, depend upon it, for everything God wants us to do.
Elisabeth Elliot