Kent Hughes, 2 Corinthians par Kent Hughes, 2006, p. 125.
The gospel is not “reconcile yourselves.” The gospel is “be reconciled.” Receive reconciliation from God.
Kent Hughes, 2 Corinthians by Kent Hughes, 2006, p. 125.
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Kent Hughes, 2 Corinthians par Kent Hughes, 2006, p. 125.
The gospel is not “reconcile yourselves.” The gospel is “be reconciled.” Receive reconciliation from God.
Kent Hughes, 2 Corinthians by Kent Hughes, 2006, p. 125.
Steve Swartz, Strength in the River, 2016, Kress Biblical Resources, p.18-19.
How we handle suffering is directly related to our view of God. Most professing Christians think they believe in the sovereign power of God, but in reality they don’t act like they believe that God is completely sovereign. They don’t believe God is in control of every single event in their life.
Steve Swartz, Strength in the River, 2016, Kress Biblical Resources, p.18-19.
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling, 2012, p. 72.
What once bothered us doesn’t bother us anymore. What once activated our conscience doesn’t seem to anymore. What we knew was outside of God’s boundaries, and therefore functionally outside of ours, lives inside our boundaries, and it doesn’t matter to us anymore. It is a scary place to be. The hard heart is a stony heart. It is not malleable anymore. It’s hard and resistant to change, no longer tender and responsive to the squeeze of the hands of the Spirit. There is evil in our hearts and in the acts of our hands, and we’re okay with it. Could there be a more dangerous place for a believer to be?
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling, 2012, p. 72.
John MacArthur, 2 Corinthiens, Moody Publishers, 2003, p. 22-23.
Those who experience the most suffering will receive the most comfort. And those who receive the most comfort are thereby most richly equipped to comfort others (see 2 Cor.1:3-4).
John MacArthur, 2 Corinthians, Moody Publishers, 2003, p. 22-23.
John MacArthur, 1 et 2 Thessaloniciens, Moody, 2002, p. 313.
True spiritual peace is completely different from the superficial, ephemeral, fragile human peace. It is the deep, settled confidence that all is well between the soul and God because of His loving, sovereign control of one’s life both in time and eternity. That calm assurance is based on the knowledge that sins are forgiven, blessing is present, good is abundant even in trouble, and heaven is ahead. The peace that God gives His beloved children as their possession and privilege has nothing to do with the circumstances of life.
John MacArthur, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Moody, 2002, p. 313.
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness, 2012, p. 72.
Here’s the problem: when every sin is seen as the same, we are less likely to fight any sins at all. Why should I stop sleeping with my girlfriend when there will still be lust in my heart? Why pursue holiness when even one sin in my life means I’m Osama bin Hitler in God’s eyes? Again, it seems humble to act as if no sin is worse than another, but we lose the impetus for striving and the ability to hold each other accountable when we tumble down the slip-and-slide of moral equivalence. All of a sudden the elder who battles the temptation to take a second look at the racy section of the Land’s End catalog shouldn’t dare exercise church discipline on the young man fornicating with reckless abandon. When we can no longer see the different gradations among sins and sinners and sinful nations, we have not succeeded in respecting our own badness; we’ve cheapened God’s goodness. If our own legal system does not treat all infractions in the same way, surely God knows that some sins are more heinous than others. If we can spot the difference, we’ll be especially eager to put to death those sins which are most offensive to God.
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness, 2012, p. 72.
David Garland, Luke - Exegetical Commentary, Zondervan, 2011, p. 884.
Battles are won or lost on the field of prayer, but even prayer can be a battle.
David Garland, Luke – Exegetical Commentary, Zondervan, 2011, p. 884.
Rémi Brague, La Vie - 2013
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung, 2012, p. 141.
Genuine repentance is not a convenient escape hatch after a weekend or a life of folly. It means admitting specific wrong, recognizing your offensiveness to God, changing course, turning to Christ, and wishing with all your heart you had never made the mistake you now despise.
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung, 2012, p. 141.
David Platt, Follow Me, 2013, page 49.
To be a Christian is to be loved by God, pursued by God, and found by God. To be a Christian is to realize that in your sin, you were separated from God’s presence, and you deserved nothing but God’s wrath. Yet despite your darkness and in your deadness, His light shone on you and His voice spoke to you, inviting you to follow Him. His majesty captivated your soul and His mercy covered your sin, and by His death He brought you life.
David Platt, Follow Me, 2013, page 49.
Jonathan Leeman, Reverberation, Moody Publishers, 2011, p. 133.
When Christians preach, every command, every exhortation, every “how to” must be grounded in the gospel…any and all challenges must be placed within the context of announcing what God has done or promises to do. It’s the very opposite of self-help teaching.
Jonathan Leeman, Reverberation, Moody Publishers, 2011, p. 133.
Darrin Patrick, Don't Call it a Comeback, édité par Kevin DeYoung, 2011, p. 157.
Plato said, “How can a man be happy when he has to serve someone,” while Jesus said, “I am among you as the one who serves” (Luke 22:27).
Darrin Patrick, Don’t Call it a Comeback, edited by Kevin DeYoung, 2011, p. 157.
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, Moody Publishers, 2010, p. 131.
The Christian fight is a good fight – really good, truly good, emphatically good. We see only part of it as yet. We see the struggle, but not the end; we see the campaign, but not the reward; we see the cross, but not the crown. We see a few humble, broken-spirited, penitent, praying people, enduring hardships and despised by the world; but we see not the hand of God over them, the face of God smiling on them, the kingdom of glory prepared for them. These things are yet to be revealed. Let us not judge by appearances. There are more good things about the Christian warfare than we see.
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, Moody Publishers, 2010, p. 131.
John Gerstner, The Problem of Pleasure, Soli Deo Gloria, 2002, p. 3.
Troubled by the non-problem of pain, most people do not feel the real problem. The real difficulty is the problem of pleasure. While in a sinful world, pain is to be expected, and pleasure is not to be expected. We should be constantly amazed at the presence of pleasure in a world such as ours.
John Gerstner, The Problem of Pleasure, Soli Deo Gloria, 2002, p. 3.
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, Moody Publishers, 2010, p. 54.
If there is any point on which God’s holiest saints agree it is this: that they see more, and know more, and feel more, and do more, and repent more, and believe more, as they get on in spiritual life, and in proportion to the closeness of their walk with God. In short, they “grow in grace,” as St. Peter exhorts believers to do; and “abound more and more,” according to the words of St. Paul (2 Peter 3:18; 1 Thessaloncians 4:1).
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, Moody Publishers, 2010, p. 54.
David Mathis, Don't Call it a Comeback, édité par Kevin DeYoung, 2011, p. 225.
Missions is about the worship of Jesus. The goal of missions is the global worship of Jesus by His redeemed people from every tribe, tongue, and nation. The outcome of missions is all peoples delighting to praise Jesus. And the motivation for missions is the enjoyment that His people have in Him. Missions aims at, brings about, and is fueled by the worship of Jesus.
David Mathis, Don’t Call it a Comeback, edited by Kevin DeYoung, 2011, p. 225.
Steve Swartz, Strength in the River, 2016, Kress Biblical Resources, p. 49.
Emotion as a result of tragedy is not sin; rejecting God’s sovereignty and responding in anger or impatience is sin. Yes, we accept God’s plan in humble submission, but this doesn’t mean we don’t go before Him to weep and wail.
Steve Swartz, Strength in the River, 2016, Kress Biblical Resources, p. 49.
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, Moody Publishers, 2010, p. 43.
We must begin low, if we would build high, I am convinced that the first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
J.C. Ryle, Holiness, Moody Publishers, 2010, p. 43.