Matthew Henry
There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear of keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt of abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.
Matthew Henry
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Matthew Henry
There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear of keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt of abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.
Matthew Henry
George Whitefield
Since then Christ is praying for us, whom should we fear? And since He has promised to make us more than conquerors, of whom should we be afraid? No, though an host of demons are lined up against us, let us not be afraid; though the hottest persecution should rise up against us, yet let us put our trust in God. Even though Satan, and the rest of his apostate spirits, are powerful, when compared with us; yet, if put in competition with the Almighty, they are as weak as the smallest worms. God has them all reserved in chains of darkness until the final judgment day. They shall only go as far as He permits them, and no farther.
George Whitefield
Randy Smith
Prayer becomes a natural reflex like breathing. We don’t need to search for prayer content. We just need to love the Lord by learning His word and love others in the church in an intimate way. In following the two greatest commandments, we’ll have the knowledge we need to pray appropriately. In our love for the Lord we will naturally have a desire to speak continually with Him and in our love for others we know the best thing we can do for them is pray. You see, prayer is birthed not from duty, but from relationship – first love to God and then love to others.
Randy Smith
Robert Mounce, Apocalypse, Eerdmans, 1977, p. 257.
Patience is the steadfast endurance in the midst of persecution.
Robert Mounce, Revelation, Eerdmans, 1977, p. 257.
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace, NavPress, 1991, p. 30.
[Sin] says to an absolutely holy and righteous God that His moral laws, which are a reflection of His own nature, are not worthy of our wholehearted obedience.
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace, NavPress, 1991, p. 30.
Auteur inconnu, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 6.
We cannot be men of prevailing prayer unless we study God’s Word to find out His will for us.
Unknown Author, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 6.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, Eerdmans, 1971, v. 2, p. 46.
When a man is speaking to God he is at his very acme. It is the highest activity of the human soul, and therefore it is at the same time the ultimate test of a man’s true spiritual condition. There is nothing that tells the truth about us as Christian people so much as our prayer life. Everything we do in the Christian life is easier than prayer.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, Eerdmans, 1971, v. 2, p. 46.
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 124.
God has given you a spiritual gift, and it is not the same as a natural ability. That natural talent, rightly sanctified for God’s use, often points toward the identity of your spiritual gift. But you should find out the special gift God has given you while you’re serving as diligently as you can without that definite information. In fact, in addition to the study of Scripture, the best way to discover and confirm which spiritual gift is yours is through serving.
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 124.
John MacArthur, 2 Corinthiens, Moody, 2003, p. 329.
The notion that spiritual warfare involves direct confrontation with demons is foreign to Scripture. Christians who verbally confront demons waste energy and demonstrate ignorance of the real war. We are not called to convert demons, but sinners. The battle is rather with the false ideologies men and demons propagate so that the world believes them. Doomed souls are inside their fortresses of ideas, which become their prisons and eventually their tombs – unless they are delivered from them by belief in the truth.
John MacArthur, 2 Corinthians, Moody, 2003, p. 329.
Auteur inconnu
Thomas Nettles
Prayer must not be approached only as a means for the gain of something else. Prayer is in itself good and at the heart of our worship of the Triune God.
Thomas Nettles
Randy Smith
Why can we rejoice in our persecution according to Matthew 5:10-12 ? 1. Because God told us and we can trust Him at His word even when we must walk by faith and not by sight. 2. Because those who receive persecution and respond this way are identified as citizens in God’s kingdom (Mt. 5:10; cf. Ac. 14:22). 3. Because suffering for Jesus is an unspeakable privilege of having fellowship with the One who suffered so much for us (Phil. 3:10; Ac. 5:40-41, 16:25; Heb. 11:24-25). 4. Because persecution strengthens believers. Throughout history the church is always the strongest when it undergoes persecution. God knows that persecution moves us to leave our comfort zones, be able to better defend our faith, have greater missionary zeal, be more dedicated to personal and group prayer and count the cost with greater intensity. 5. Because persecution results in reward in heaven. To those persecuted, Jesus promised in verse 12, “For your reward in heaven is great.” Only God can take our reproach and dishonor and turn it into praise and glory.
Randy Smith
Selon tous les rapports du Nouveau Testament, aucun humain n'a été témoin de la résurrection, personne n'était présent, même pas ses disciples. Cela aurait été facile pour eux d'inventer des évènements imaginaires, mais aucun ne l'a fait. C'est pour cela que le récit des évangiles est fiable.
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Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness, 1996, p. 102.
Any training – physical, mental, or spiritual – is characterized at first by failure. We fail more often than we succeed. But if we persevere, we gradually see progress till we are succeeding more often than failing. This is true as we seek to put to death particular sins. At first it seems we are making no progress, so we become discouraged and think, What’s the use?! I can never overcome that sin. That is exactly what Satan wants us to think. It is at this point that we must exercise perseverance. We keep wanting instant success, but holiness doesn’t come that way. Our sinful habits are not broken overnight. Follow-through is required to make any change in our lives, and follow-through requires perseverance.
Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness, 1996, p. 102.
Thomas Watson
God the Father is called the “God of peace” (Hebrews 13:20). God the Son, the “Prince of peace” (Isaiah 9:6). God the Holy Ghost, the “Spirit…of peace” (Ephesians 4:3).
Thomas Watson
George Muller, The Autobiography of George Muller, 1984, p. 195-196.
How much should you give of your income? God lays down no rule concerning this point. We should give cheerfully and not because it is required. But if even Jacob, with the first dawning of spiritual light promised to God the tenth of all, how much should we believers in the Lord Jesus do for Him? (See Genesis 28:22). If the love of Christ causes us to give, we will have this verse fulfilled in our experience. The Lord will abundantly repay us, and in the end we will find that we are not losers even in temporal things.
George Muller, The Autobiography of George Muller, 1984, p. 195-196.
Randy Smith
God has a fixed will. The world is not governed by theoretical possibilities. Yet we are commanded to pray, and our prayer has value. It’s woven into His sovereign will. We joyfully bring our desires to the Father. However, we submit ourselves to Him for the outcome. Like Jesus in the Garden, we pray His will, not our will be done.
Randy Smith
Nous devons cultiver la haine pour nos péchés en nous rappelant continuellement ce que nos péchés ont coûté à Christ sur la croix et de ce que nos péchés continuent de nous coûter.
Guy M. Richard, Professeur de Théologie systématique au Reformed Theological Seminary Atlanta