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
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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.
H. Wayne House, Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine, Zondervan, 1992, p. 37.
Man has an idea of an infinite and perfect being. Existence is a necessary part of perfection. [Therefore] an infinite and perfect being exists, since the very concept of perfection requires existence (The Ontological Argument, proponents- Anselm).
H. Wayne House, Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine, Zondervan, 1992, p. 37.
Et ainsi la foi s'accompagne de la sérénité. " Celui qui croit ne se hâte pas " - ou, plus littéralement, " ne s'agite pas ". Il ne s'affolera pas, n'allant chercher des craintes ni dans son passé ni dans son avenir. Pour ce qui est de son passé, la foi dit : "Tu m'as assailli par derrière". Pour ce qui est de ses lendemains, la foi dit : "Tu m'as assailli devant". En ce qui concerne son aujourd'hui, la foi dit : "Tu as posé Ta main sur moi". C'est suffisant, il suffit de sentir la pression de la main qui guide.
John Henry Jowett
Abram began his journey without any knowledge of his ultimate destination. He obeyed a noble impulse without any discernment of its consequences. He took “one step,” and he did not “ask to see the distant scene.” And that is faith, to do God’s will here and now, quietly leaving the results to Him. Faith is not concerned with the entire chain; its devoted attention is fixed upon the immediate link. Faith is not knowledge of a moral process; it is fidelity in a moral act. Faith leaves something to the Lord; it obeys His immediate commandment and leaves to Him direction and destiny.
And so faith is accompanied by serenity. “He that believeth shall not make haste”—or, more literally, “shall not get into a fuss.” He shall not get into a panic, neither fetching fears from his yesterdays nor from his tomorrows. Concerning his yesterdays Faith says, “Thou hast beset me behind.” Concerning his tomorrows Faith says, “Thou hast beset me before.” Concerning his today Faith says, “Thou hast laid Thine hand upon me.” That is enough, just to feel the pressure of the guiding hand.
John Henry Jowett
Horatius Bonar d'après le sermon "suivre l'Agneau"
Auteur inconnu
For a truly God-called man, one of his greatest fears is of his life not counting for Christ, all his efforts making little difference for the sake of the kingdom.
Unknown Author
Réfléchir attentivement aux attributs de Dieu lorsque nous le louons est une manière de lui offrir notre esprit. Lorsque nous entendons le psalmiste dire que Dieu est "au-dessus de tous les dieux" (Psaume 135:5), essayons de nous faire à l'idée de son omnipotence - le fait qu'il est tout puissant. Quel concept intellectuel stupéfiant ! Employez également votre esprit à contempler l'"omniprésence" de Dieu - le fait qu'il soit partout présent. Il est inéluctablement, merveilleusement proche, tout à la fois. Et réfléchissez encore à notre Dieu - le Dieu unique, qui seul est omniscient - qui sait tout ce qu'il y a à savoir, maintenant et pour toujours. Quelle pensée absolument stupéfiante, comme le sont tous ces attributs que la réflexion sur sa grandeur fait naître.
Jack Hayford
The Bible insists that worship includes our entire being. In Romans 12:1, the apostle Paul says that serving God involves our “reasonable” faculties, and he uses the very Greek term from which we derive our word “logic.” He challenges us to renew our minds (vs. 2); to worship not only in spirit but in truth (John 4:24).
Thinking carefully about the attributes of God as we praise Him is a way of offering Him our minds. When we hear the psalmist say that God is “above all gods” (Psalm 135:5), let’s try to wrap our minds around His omnipotence—the fact that He is all powerful. What a staggering intellectual concept! Employ your mind also to contemplate God’s « omnipresence—that He is everywhere present. He’s inescapably, marvelously near, all at once. And think further on our God—the one God, who alone is omniscient—knowing all there is to know, now or forever. What an absolutely mind-boggling thought, as are all these attributes which thinking on His greatness brings to mind.
Jack Hayford
Toute l'étendue de l'enfer, la souffrance actuelle, le souvenir amer du passé, la perspective sans espoir de l'avenir, ne seront jamais complètement connus que par ceux qui y vont.
J.C. Ryle
The whole extent of hell, the present suffering, the bitter recollection of the past, the hopeless prospect of the future, will never be thoroughly known except by those who go there.
J.C. Ryle
William Ralph Inge
“Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.”
William Ralph Inge
Charles H. Spurgeon
Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer.
Charles H. Spurgeon
David Reid, Lier Satan
Consider how our Lord Himself resisted Satan when He was tempted in the wilderness (see Matthew 4 and Luke 4.) Jesus did not "bind" Satan. In all three instances of Satan's temptations, our Lord quoted Scripture, and the devil was repelled ("he left Him for a season.") We should follow our Lord's example when attacked or tempted. And let's not forget that if we are going to quote Scripture, we must know Scripture! Our Lord quoted three times from the book of Deuteronomy. How many of us can quote three verses from the book of Deuteronomy? Knowledge of the Word of God is important for repelling Satan, and is crucial for Christian growth and living as well. As He was growing up, the Lord Jesus must have spent a lot of time memorizing the Word of God (see Luke 2:52). What an example for us to follow!
David Reid, Binding Satan
Thomas Watson
God is more willing to pardon than to punish. Mercy does more multiply in Him than sin in us. Mercy is His nature.
Thomas Watson