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The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.
Unknown Author
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The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.
Unknown Author
1. La rétribution divine.
2. La discipline divine (Proverbes 3:11 ; Hébreux 12:5-11).
3. Le test, l'épreuve (Genèse 22:1 ; Dt. 8:2, 16, Jacques 1:3 ; 1 Pierre 1:7).
4. La souffrance vicaire (Nombres 11:1-15 ; Osée. 1-3, Esaïe 52:13-53:12).
5. L'éducation (Hébreux 5:8).
6. La révélation (Jean. 9:2-3).
7. Le repentir, chercher Dieu (Osée 5:15 ; Esaïe 19:22 ; 2 Corinthiens 7:9-10).
8. Le renoncement à soi-même (Luc 22:42 ; 2 Corinthiens 1:8-9 ; 2 Corinthiens 12:7 ; Romains 5:3-4 ; Rom. 8:29 ; 2 Corinthiens 4:10-11 ; Hébreux 12:10 ; Jacques 1:2).
9. La solidarité - Dans la souffrance, nous nous regroupons et nous nous unissons (Romains 12:15 ; 1 Corinthiens 12:26).
10. Le ministère du réconfort (2 Corinthiens 1:3-4 ; Hébreux 4:15).
11. La glorification (Romains 8:17 ; 2 Corinthiens 4:17).
James Fowler, Suffering, Study Outlines, 1999.
Benefits of suffering:
1. Divine retribution.
2. Divine discipline (Proverbs 3:11; Hebrews 12:5-11).
3. Testing, proving (Genesis 22:1; Dt. 8:2, 16, James 1:3; 1 Peter 1:7).
4. Vicarious suffering (Numbers 11:1-15; Hosea. 1-3, Isaiah 52:13-53:12).
5. Educational (Hebrews 5:8).
6. Revelation (John. 9:2-3).
7. Repentance, seek God (Hosea 5:15; Isaiah 19:22; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10).
8. Self-denial (Luke 22:42; 2 Corinthians 1:8-9; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Romans 5:3-4; Rom. 8:29; 2 Corinthians 4:10-11; Hebrews 12:10; James 1:2).
9. Solidarity – In suffering we band and bond together (Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26).
10. Ministry of comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3-4; Hebrews 4:15).
11. Glorification (Romans 8:17; 2 Corinthians 4:17).
James Fowler, Suffering, Study Outlines, 1999.
Smith Wigglesworth
To discern spirits we must dwell with Him who is holy, and He will give the revelation and unveil the mask of Satanic power on all lines.
Smith Wigglesworth
La principale preuve de la résurrection de Jésus-Christ est fournie par le témoignage des apôtres, des évangélistes et, en général, des premiers disciples de Jésus. Ces témoins ne peuvent pas s’être fait illusion. Encore moins les témoins de la résurrection de Jésus peuvent-ils être soupçonnés de mensonge. Le caractère moral des apôtres, leur accent de conviction, les railleries et les persécutions que leur attirait la prédication d’un Messie mort et ressuscité, écartent absolument toute supposition de ce genre. Autant les témoins sont dignes de foi, autant les témoignages qu’ils ont rendus à la résurrection de Jésus, objet principal de leur foi et de leur prédication, sont clairs, explicites, unanimes sur les points essentiels.
Charles-Edouard Babut, La vérité chrétienne
Charles H. Spurgeon
Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jeremy Taylor
The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
Jeremy Taylor
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Ray Ortlund
How does every Christian start out? In repentance. We finally admit that we’ve been completely wrong about everything every moment of every day throughout our entire lives, because we’ve been wrong about God, and God is omni-relevant to us at every level of our beings all the time. But from then on, for too many of us, we’re never wrong again. That’s amazing. The first of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses was, “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said ‘Repent,’ he intended that the entire life of believers should be repentance.”
Ray Ortlund
THOMAS ADAMS (1871-1940) ARCHITECTE ET URBANISTE ANGLAIS
The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men;but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it, observing its motions, and admiring its splendor, without being led to Christ by it, the use of it will be lost to us.
THOMAS ADAMS (1871–1940) ENGLISH ARCHITECT AND TOWN PLANNER
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John MacArthur, Master's Plan for the Church, Moody, 1991, p. 84.
The basic task of the church is to teach sound doctrine. It is not to give one pastor’s opinion, to recite tear-jerking illustrations that play on emotions, to raise funds, to present programs and entertainment, or to give weekly devotionals. In Titus 2:1 Paul writes, “But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.”
John MacArthur, Master’s Plan for the Church, Moody, 1991, p. 84.
Alan Redpath
We need, men so possessed by the Spirit of God that God can think His thoughts through our minds, that He can plan His will through our actions, that He can direct His strategy of world evangelization through His Church.
Alan Redpath
Thomas a Kempis
My child, trust firmly in the Lord, and do not fear the judgment of men when conscience tells you that you are upright and innocent. For it is good and blessed to suffer such things, and they will not weigh heavily on the humble heart that trusts in God rather than itself. Many men say many things, and therefore little faith is to be put in them. Likewise, it is impossible to satisfy all men. Although Paul tried to please all in the Lord, and became all things to all men, yet he made little of their opinions. He labored abundantly for the edification and salvation of others, as much as lay in him and as much as he could, but he could not escape being sometimes judged and despised by others. Therefore, he committed all to God who knows all things.
Thomas a Kempis
Auteur inconnu, The Kneeling Christian (Le chrétien agenouillé), vers 1930, ch. 5.
Prayer, then, is certainly not persuading God to do what we want God to do. It is not bending the will of a reluctant God to our will. It does not change His purpose, although it may release His power. “We must not conceive of prayer as overcoming God’s reluctance,” says Archbishop Trench, “but as laying hold of His highest willingness.”
Unknown Author, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 5.
Sam Storms
Confront and conquer temptation at the beginning, not at the end. In other words, the best and most effective tactic against temptation is to deal with it from a position of strength, before it has an opportunity to weaken you. Better to take steps up front to eliminate temptation altogether (if possible), than to deal with it later when your defenses are down.
Sam Storms
Jean Calvin
The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood lurks, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself.
John Calvin
John MacArthur, Éphésiens, Moody, 1986, p. 359.
Every temptation, directly or indirectly, is the temptation to doubt and distrust God.
John MacArthur, Ephesians, Moody, 1986, p. 359.
Henry Drummond
Make Christ your most constant companion. Be more under His influence than under any other influence. Ten minutes spent in His society every day, ay, two minutes if it be face to face, and heart to heart, will make the whole day different. Every character has an inward spring, let Christ be it. Every action has a key-note, let Christ set it.
Henry Drummond
Sam Storms, Pleasures Evermore, 2000, p. 75.
Every syllable of every statute, every clause of every commandment that ever proceeded from the mouth of God was divinely designed to bring those who would obey into the greatest imaginable happiness of heart. Don’t swallow God’s law like castor oil. For when you understand His intent, it will be like honey on your lips and sweetness to your soul.
Sam Storms, Pleasures Evermore, 2000, p. 75.