William Gurnall
The want of a renewed heart is a hair on the moral man’s pen, that blurs and blots his when he writes fairest. His unrightness does others more good in this world than himself in the next.
William Gurnall
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William Gurnall
The want of a renewed heart is a hair on the moral man’s pen, that blurs and blots his when he writes fairest. His unrightness does others more good in this world than himself in the next.
William Gurnall
1. Pour connaitre le caractère de Dieu
2. Pour servir selon la volonté de Dieu
3. Pour glorifier le nom de Dieu
4. Pour prendre plaisir dans les attributs de Dieu
5. Pour contempler les perfections de Dieu
6. Pour adorer la personne de Dieu
7. Pour proclamer au monde entier la gloire de la grâce de Dieu.
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Scott Hafemann, The God of Promise and the Life of Faith. Crossway Books, 2001, p. 151.
Suffering strengthens resolve and increases the value of Christ for those who, in response to the presence of the Spirit in their lives, genuinely trust God’s love and power. Rather than destroying faith-induced hope, suffering spurs it on. It is the fire that fortifies faith, stripping away the illusion of the world’s glamour and gold and unmasking our powerlessness to solve our own problems, or provide for our own security (Luke 12:16-21). Suffering therefore teaches us to esteem God’s promises as our only hope.
Scott Hafemann, The God of Promise and the Life of Faith. Crossway Books, 2001, p. 151.
George Macdonald
God's thoughts, his will, his love, his judgments are all man's home. To think his thoughts, to choose his will, to love his loves, to judge his judgments, and thus to know that he is in us, is to be at home.
George Macdonald
J.C. Ryle
We ask that God would make us holy. It is a good request indeed. But are we prepared to be sanctified by any process that God in His wisdom may call on us to pass through? Are we ready to be purified by affliction, weaned from the world by bereavements, drawn nearer to God by losses, sicknesses, and sorrow?
J.C. Ryle
Grady Jolly
Find someone who knows more than you and learn from that person. And find someone who needs what you know and teach that person. Every Christian is a student; every Christian is a teacher.
Grady Jolly
Mark Dever et Paul Alexander
A man may have a charismatic personality; he may be a gifted administrator and a silken orator; he may be armed with an impressive program; he may even have the people skills of a politician and the empathic listening skills of a counselor; but he will starve the sheep if he cannot feed the people of God on the Word of God. Programs and personalities are dispensable. But without food, sheep die. Feeding the flock is therefore the pastor’s first priority. “Feed my lambs” (John 21:15, ESV).
Mark Dever and Paul Alexander
R.C. Sproul, The Purpose of God, An Exposition of Ephesians, Christian Focus Publications, 1994, p. 88.
The visible church refers to the institution called ‘the church’ that has visible participants whose names appear on the roll of a local congregation. In most churches anyone who makes an outward profession of faith (and meets other criteria for membership) is admitted to active fellowship in the visible church.
R.C. Sproul, The Purpose of God, An Exposition of Ephesians, Christian Focus Publications, 1994, p. 88.
Le jugement exécuté sur le Christ met à mort toute pensée que Dieu pourrait autrement pardonner le péché. S'il n'y avait aucun autre moyen de nous racheter, la croix n'a aucun sens... S'il y avait un autre moyen de sauver le monde que par la mort de Jésus sur la croix, alors sa mort était inutile et insensée. Une alternative viable ne tournerait-elle pas en dérision les paroles agonisantes de Jésus lui-même dans le jardin de Gethsémani : "Mon Père, s'il est possible, que cette coupe s'éloigne de moi" (Matt. 26:39) ? La coupe n'a pas été enlevée, car il n'y avait pas d'autre moyen.
Iain Duguid, Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality, 1999, p. 104-105.
The judgment executed on Christ puts to death any thought that God could otherwise forgive sin. Unless there was no other way for us to be redeemed, the cross makes no sense… If there was any way to save the world other than by Jesus’ death on the cross, then His death was unnecessary and foolish. Would not a viable alternative make a mockery of Jesus’ own agonized words in the Garden of Gethsemane: “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me” (Matt. 26:39)? The cup was not removed, for there was no other way.
Iain Duguid, Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality, 1999, p. 104-105.
Bunny Wilson, Biblical Womanhood in the Home de Nancy Leigh DeMoss, 2002, p. 108, 109, 104.
When God prunes us, the result will be greater growth and sweeter fruit… Pruning usually takes place when God uses situations, people, and circumstances to help mature us in our Christian disposition, attitude, and temperament… The way we respond when we are pruned reveals our true level of spiritual maturity.
Bunny Wilson, Biblical Womanhood in the Home by Nancy Leigh DeMoss,2002, p. 108, 109, 104.
William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life.
If our blessed Lord used to pray early before day; if He spent whole nights in prayer; if the devout Anna was day and night in the temple; if Paul and Silas at midnight sang praises unto God; if the primitive Christians, for several hundred years, besides their hours of prayers in the daytime, met publicly in the churches at midnight to join in psalms and prayers; is it not certain that these practices showed the state of their heart? Are they not so many plain proofs of the whole turn of their minds?
William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life.
Jim Elliff
Holiness or sanctification is not just about purity or discipline. It is about displaying your radical difference, showing the marks of God's ownership, and illustrating through your behavior the unusualness of your new life in Christ.
Jim Elliff
Mark Dever, Discipling, 9Marks, page 32-33.
The work of discipling occurs in the present, but it has its eyes set on the Last Day. It requires long-term thinking. It requires an investor’s mentality, knowing that the return is eternal. And the investment occurs through God’s Word. We must proclaim God’s Word is the seed that ultimately bears fruit, even if we don’t see it in the short term…trust that God’s Word does not return void. You will see the harvest later.
Mark Dever, Discipling, 9Marks, page 32-33.
Sam Storms, Pleasures Evermore : The Life-Changing Power of Knowing God, p. 26-27.
People don’t sin because they feel they have to. We sin because we enjoy the pleasure it brings. We sin because it feels good. We sin because it brings a thrill to our bodies, fleeting satisfaction to our souls and excitement to the banality and boredom of our everyday lives… We sin because we believe the lie that the pleasure it brings, though passing (Hebrews 11:25), is more satisfying than the pleasure obedience brings.
Sam Storms, Pleasures Evermore: The Life-Changing Power of Knowing God, p. 26-27.
Oswald Chambers
The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God’s character as revealed in His word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline.
Oswald Chambers
Charles Finney
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.
Charles Finney