Charles H. Spurgeon
Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.
Charles H. Spurgeon
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Charles H. Spurgeon
Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Os Guinness, Dining with the Devil, Baker, 1993, p. 39.
If Jesus Christ is the head of the church and hence the source and goal of its entire life, true growth is only possible in obedience to Him. Conversely, if the church becomes detached from Jesus Christ and His Word, it cannot grow however active and successful it may seem to be.
Os Guinness, Dining with the Devil, Baker, 1993, p. 39.
Louis Berkhof, Théologie systématique, 1998, p. 549.
The denial of the doctrine of perseverance virtually makes the salvation of man dependent on the human will rather than on the grace of God.
Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology, 1998, p. 549.
John MacArthur, Galatians, Moody, 1987, p. 64.
The faithful, effective Christian life, however is not simply a great emotional adventure filled with wonderful feelings and experiences. It is first of all the humble pursuit of God’s truth and will and of conformity to it. The obedient Christian experiences joy and satisfaction beyond measure, far exceeding that of superficial believers who constantly seek spiritual “highs.” Life in Christ is not sterile and joyless. But true joy, happiness, satisfaction, and all other such feelings are by-products of knowing and obeying God’s truth.
John MacArthur, Galatians, Moody, 1987, p. 64.
L'amour de soi vicie toutes les relations. Diotrèphe (3 Jean 9-10) a calomnié (l'apôtre) Jean, a fait preuve de froideur envers les missionnaires et a excommunié des croyants loyaux - tout cela parce qu'il s'aimait lui-même et voulait avoir la prééminence. La vanité personnelle est encore aujourd'hui à l'origine de la plupart des dissensions dans chaque église locale.
John Stott
Self-love vitiates all relationships. Diotrephes (3 John 9-10) slandered (the Apostle) John, cold-shouldered the missionaries and excommunicated loyal believers – all because he loved himself and wanted to have pre-eminence. Personal vanity still lies at the root of most dissensions in every local church today.
John Stott
Mark Dever, Discipling, 9Marks, page 84.
Have you ever heard of the life – truth – life pattern? Your life should attract people to listen to you; your teaching should then work for their transformation; their transformed lives should then illustrate what you taught, which in turn attracts people to listen to them.
Mark Dever, Discipling, 9Marks, page 84.
Jerry Bridges, Trusting God, 1988, p. 25.
God never pursues His glory at the expense of the good of His people, nor does He ever seek our good at the expense of His glory. He has designed His eternal purpose so that His glory and our good are inextricably bound together. What comfort and encouragement this should be to us. If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe that just as certainly as God will allow nothing to subvert His glory, so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us.
Jerry Bridges, Trusting God, 1988, p. 25.
G. Campbell Morgan
There is a tale told of that great English actor Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: “I wish you would explain to me something.” “Well, what is it? I don’t know that I can explain anything to a preacher.” “What is the reason for the difference between you and me? You are appearing before crowds night after night with fiction, and the crowds come wherever you go. I am preaching the essential and unchangeable truth, and I am not getting any crowd at all.” Macready’s answer was this: “This is quite simple. I can tell you the difference between us. I present my fiction as though it were truth; you present your truth as though it were fiction.”
G. Campbell Morgan
Il n'y a pas de peste plus mortelle que pour les hommes d'être laissés à la direction de leurs propres conseils ; la seule chose qui nous reste à faire est de renoncer aux préceptes de la sagesse charnelle, et de suivre les conseils de l'Esprit Saint.
Jean Calvin
John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2002. p. 60.
Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal. 3:2, 5) and holiness (John 17:17) decline. Activity may continue, but life and power and fruitfulness fade away. Therefore, whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.
John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2002. p. 60.
Heureuse est l'âme qui a été impressionnée par la vue de la majesté de Dieu.
A. W. Pink
Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty.
A. W. Pink
J.C. Ryle
We are sometimes tempted to think that we get no good by our prayers, and that we may as well give them up altogether. Let us resist the temptation. It comes from the devil. Let us believe, and pray on. Against our besetting sins, against the spirit of the world, against the wiles of the devil, let us pray on, and not faint. For strength to do duty, for grace to bear our trials, for comfort in every trouble, let us continue in prayer. Let us be sure that no time is so well-spent in every day, as that which we spend upon our knees. Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us empty away.
J.C. Ryle
Oswald Chambers
Suffering is the heritage of the bad, of the penitent, and of the Son of God. Each one ends in the cross. The bad thief is crucified, the penitent thief is crucified, and the Son of God is crucified. By these signs we know the widespread heritage of suffering.
Oswald Chambers
Wayne Grudem et Jeff Purswell
[Original sin] does not refer to Adam’s first sin, but to the guilt and tendency to sin with which we are born. It is “original” in that it comes from Adam, and it is also original in that we have it from the beginning of our existence as persons, but it is still our sin, not Adam’s sin, that is meant.
Wayne Grudem and Jeff Purswell
Un navire peut être surchargé d'argent, jusqu'à couler, et pourtant il reste assez de place pour en contenir dix fois plus. De même, un homme cupide, bien qu'il ait assez pour couler, n'a jamais assez pour se satisfaire... Un cercle ne peut pas remplir un triangle, de même le monde entier ne peut pas remplir le cœur de l'homme ; un homme peut aussi bien remplir un coffre de grâce que le cœur d'or.
John Trapp
A ship may be overladen with silver, even unto sinking, and yet space enough be left to hold ten times more. So a covetous man, though he have enough to sink him, yet never hath he enough to satisfy him…a circle cannot fill a triangle, so neither can the whole world the heart of man; a man may as easily fill a chest with grace, as the heart with gold.
John Trapp
E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer, Baker, s.d. p. 74.
Light praying will make light preaching. Prayer makes preaching strong. [The God who answers prayer does this]…and makes it stick.
E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer, Baker, n.d. p. 74.
Charles H. Spurgeon
I question whether the defenses of the gospel are not sheer impertinences. The gospel does not need defending. If Jesus Christ is not alive and cannot fight His own battles, then Christianity is in a bad state. But He is alive, and we have only to preach His gospel in all its naked simplicity, and the power that goes with it will be the evidence of its divinity.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Auteur inconnu, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 2.
We may work for Christ from morn till night; we may spend much time in Bible study; we may be most earnest and faithful and “acceptable” in our preaching and in our individual dealing, but none of these things can be truly effective unless we are much in prayer. We shall only be full of good works; and not “bearing fruit in every good work” (Col. 1:10). To be little with God in prayer is to be little for God in service. Much secret prayer means much public power. Yet is it not a fact that whilst our organizing is well nigh perfect, our agonizing in prayer is well nigh lost?
Unknown Author, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 2.
Jonathan Leeman
Once you choose Christ, you must choose His people, too. It’s a package deal. Choose the Father and the Son and you have to choose the whole family – which you do through a local church.
Jonathan Leeman