Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology, Zondervan, 1994, p. 195.
God’s faithfulness means that God will always do what He has said and fulfill what He has promised.
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology, Zondervan, 1994, p. 195.
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Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology, Zondervan, 1994, p. 195.
God’s faithfulness means that God will always do what He has said and fulfill what He has promised.
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology, Zondervan, 1994, p. 195.
Sinclair Ferguson, A Heart for God, 1987, p. 21-22
Unless God is our Father, we are orphans. But God’s own Son has become our Older Brother. He comes through His Spirit, with His Father, to live with us. The Holy Spirit dwells in our lives, making us a suitable dwelling place to receive the Father and the Son! As a consequence, by the Spirit we learn that we are not abandoned and unloved, but rather that we are loved by the Father, by the Son, and lovingly cared for by the Holy Spirit (John 14:21).
Sinclair Ferguson, A Heart for God, 1987, p. 21-22
Dieu a-t-il décrété toutes les choses qui arrivent ? Alors il n'y a rien qui tombe par hasard, et nous ne devons pas attribuer ce que nous rencontrons à la chance ou à la malchance et à la fortune. Il y a beaucoup d'événements dans le monde que les hommes considèrent comme de simples accidents, mais tous ces événements sont le fruit du conseil et de la décision du Ciel.
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.
Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we meet with either to good or ill luck and fortune. There are many events in the world which men look upon as mere accidents, yet all these come by the counsel and appointment of Heaven.
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.
Whoever be the instruments of any good to us, of whatever sort, we must look above them, and eye the hand and counsel of God in it, which is the first spring, and be duly thankful to God for it. And whatever evil of crosses or afflictions befalls us, we must look above the instruments of it to God.
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.
John MacArthur, Solving the Problem of Doubt
When the New Testament talks about doubt, whether you’re talking about the gospels or the epistles, it primarily focuses on believers. That’s very important. It’s as if you have to believe something before you can doubt it; you have to be committed to it before you begin to question it. So doubt is held up as the unique problem of the believer.
John MacArthur, Solving the Problem of Doubt
Essayez l'effet de la prière pour le monde, pour des choses précises, pour des choses difficiles, pour des choses glorieuses, pour des choses qui honoreront le Christ et sauveront l'humanité. Après avoir reçu quelques réponses merveilleuses à vos prières dans cette direction, voyez si vous ne vous sentirez pas plus fort pour toucher votre propre petit fardeau avec une foi divine, puis retournez de nouveau au haut lieu de la prière désintéressée pour les autres.
Avez-vous déjà appris le bel art de laisser Dieu s'occuper de vous et de donner toute votre pensée et votre force à la prière pour les autres et pour le royaume de Dieu ? Cela vous soulagera de mille soucis. Cela vous élèvera dans une sphère noble et élevée et vous apprendra à vivre et à aimer comme Dieu.
A. B. Simpson
Stop praying so much for yourself; begin to ask unselfish things, and see if God will not give you faith. See how much easier it will be to believe for another than for your own concerns.
Try the effect of praying for the world, for definite things, for difficult things, for glorious things, for things that will honor Christ and save mankind. After you have received a few wonderful answers to prayer in this direction, see if you will not feel stronger to touch your own little burden with a divine faith and then go back again to the high place of unselfish prayer for others.
Have you ever learned the beautiful art of letting God take care of you and giving all your thought and strength to pray for others and for the kingdom of God? It will relieve you of a thousand cares. It will lift you up into a noble and lofty sphere and teach you to live and love like God.
A. B. Simpson
Henry Drummond
Is life not full of opportunities for learning love? Every man and woman every day has a thousand of them. The world is not a playground; it is a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday, but an education. And the one eternal lesson for us all is how better we can love.
Henry Drummond
A.B. Simpson
[The Gospel] tells rebellious men that God is reconciled, that justice is satisfied, that sin has been atoned for, that the judgment of the guilty may be revoked, the condemnation of the sinner canceled, the curse of the Law blotted out, the gates of hell closed, the portals of heaven opened wide, the power of sin subdued, the guilty conscience healed, the broken heart comforted, the sorrow and misery of the Fall undone.
A.B. Simpson
Gail et Gordon MacDonald
Each time you take a look, Jesus seems to have been one step ahead of everyone else, because He saw what virtually no one else saw. Why? Because Jesus was the most sensitive person who ever lived.
Gail and Gordon MacDonald
Sinclair B. Ferguson, Grandir dans la grâce
There is nothing more important to learn about Christian growth than this: Growing in grace means becoming like Christ.
Sinclair B. Ferguson, Grow in Grace
Nikolaj Velimirovic
By His Resurrection, Christ conquered sin and death, destroyed Satan's dark kingdom, freed the enslaved human race and broke the seal on the greatest mysteries of God and man.
Nikolaj Velimirovic
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, Eerdmans, 1959, 2:248.
Repentance means that you realize that you are a guilty, vile sinner in the presence of God, that you deserve the wrath and punishment of God, that you are hell-bound. It means that you begin to realize that this thing called sin is in you, that you long to get rid of it, and that you turn your back on it in every shape and form. You renounce the world whatever the cost, the world in its mind and outlook as well as its practice, and you deny yourself, and take up the cross and go after Christ. Your nearest and dearest, and the whole world, may call you a fool, or say you have religious mania. You may have to suffer financially, but it makes no difference. That is repentance.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, Eerdmans, 1959, 2:248.
Si la mort du Christ sur la croix est la véritable signification de l'Incarnation, alors il n'y a pas d'évangile sans la croix. Noël en soi n'est pas un évangile. La vie du Christ n'est pas un évangile. Même la résurrection, aussi importante soit-elle dans le schéma global des choses, n'est pas un évangile en soi. Car la bonne nouvelle n'est pas seulement que Dieu s'est fait homme, ni que Dieu a parlé pour nous révéler un mode de vie approprié, ni même que la mort, le grand ennemi, est vaincue. La bonne nouvelle, c'est plutôt que le péché a été éliminé (ce dont la résurrection est la preuve), que Jésus a subi sa peine pour nous en tant que représentant, afin que nous n'ayons jamais à la subir, et que, par conséquent, tous ceux qui croient en lui peuvent espérer le paradis.
James Montgomery Boice
If the death of Christ on the cross is the true meaning of the Incarnation, then there is no gospel without the cross. Christmas by itself is no gospel. The life of Christ is no gospel. Even the resurrection, important as it is in the total scheme of things, is no gospel by itself. For the good news is not just that God became man, nor that God has spoken to reveal a proper way of life for us, or even that death, the great enemy, is conquered. Rather, the good news is that sin has been dealt with (of which the resurrection is a proof); that Jesus has suffered its penalty for us as our representative, so that we might never have to suffer it; and that therefore all who believe in Him can look forward to heaven.
James Montgomery Boice
Philip Graham Ryken
[The Bible speaks of God’s glory in three ways.] First, glory is the inward majesty of God; second, it is the brightness God sometimes shines out into the world; third, it is the worship we offer to God. When we see God’s glory, the proper way for us to respond is to give Him the glory-to offer Him all the honor and praise He deserves. As Jonathan Edwards concluded, “The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify [God]. Now what is glorifying but a rejoicing at that glory He has displayed?”
Philip Graham Ryken
Vos paroles et la manière dont vous parlez sont essentielles à des relations harmonieuses. En apprenant à dire la vérité dans l'amour, vous devez également déterminer quand parler, comment parler de manière édifiante, et à qui vous devez parler. Le pouvoir de vos paroles est énorme, et elles montrent aussi l'état de votre cœur. Même vos paroles oiseuses seront prises en compte au jour du jugement.
John Broger, Manuel d'autoconfrontation, leçon 13, page 12.
Your words and the manner in which you speak are critical to harmonious relationships. As you learn to speak the truth in love, you must also determine when to speak, how to speak in an edifying manner, and to whom you should speak. The power of your words is enormous, and they also show the condition of your heart. Even your idle words will be accounted for in the Day of Judgment.
John Broger, Self-Confrontation Manual, Lesson 13, Page 12.
Alexander Maclaren
Those who die in Jesus live a larger, fuller, nobler life, by the very cessation of care, change, strife, and struggle.
Alexander Maclaren
Rencontrer Jésus, c’est faire la lumière d’abord sur notre état intérieur, et aussi sur le monde qui nous entoure.
Auteur inconnu
"Il n'y avait aucune partie de la sainteté de la créature dont j'avais un sens aussi grand de la beauté que l'humilité, que la brisure du cœur et la pauvreté de l'esprit. Il n'y a rien que j'ai désiré plus ardemment. Mon cœur aspirait à cela, à se coucher devant Dieu comme dans la poussière, à n'être rien et à ce que Dieu soit tout."
Jonathan Edwards
“There was no part of creature holiness that I had so great a sense of loveliness as humility, as brokenness of heart and poverty in spirit. There is nothing that I longed for more earnestly. My heart panted after this, to lie low before God as in the dust that I might be nothing and that God might be all.”
Jonathan Edwards
Augustin, Les Confessions de Saint Augustin.
Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are rightly found only and completely in Him.
Augustine, The Confessions of Saint Augustine.