Miscellaneous Quotes (59)

God is sovereign over all things or He is not sovereign over anything.

“Now, you need not ask tonight whether you are God’s elect. I ask another question — Do you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? If you do, you are His elect — if you do not, the question is not to be decided by us yet. If you are God’s chosen ones, you will know it by your trusting in Jesus. Simple as that trust is, it is the infallible proof of election! God never sets the brand of faith upon a soul whom Christ had not bought with His blood. And if you believe, all eternity is yours! Your name is in God’s Book, you are a favored one of Heaven, the Divine decrees all point to you — go your way and rejoice!” – C.H. Spurgeon

“Zeal without doctrine is like a sword in the hand of a lunatic.” – John Calvin

“You are not redeemed by a profession of faith but by the possession of faith.” – R.C. Sproul

“Salvation is a work of God to show His glory. That’s why He’s not going to let it fail.” – Paul Washer

“The mightiest prayers are often those drenched with the Word of God.” – Herbert Lockyer

“Some people seem to be afraid lest we should be the means of saving some of the non-elect—but that is a fear which never troubles either my head or my heart, for I know that with all the effort and preaching in the world, we shall never bring more to Christ than Christ has had given to Him by His Father!” – C.H. Spurgeon

“The friends of free will are the enemies of free grace.” – John Trapp

“This is the doctrine that we preach; if a man be saved, all the honor is to be given to Christ; but if a man be lost, all the blame is to be laid upon himself. You will find all true theology summed up in these two short sentences, salvation is all of the grace of God, damnation is all of the will of man.” – C.H. Spurgeon

“The justification of a sinner is instantaneous and complete. . . . It is an all-comprehending act of God. All the sins of a believer, past, present, and future, are pardoned when he is justified. The sum-total of his sin, all of which is before the Divine eye at the instant when God pronounces him a justified person, is blotted out or covered over by one act of God. Consequently, there is no repetition in the Divine mind of the act of justification; as there is no repetition of the atoning death of Christ, upon which it rests.” – William G. T. Shedd, Dogmatic Theology, Volume 2 (New York: Scribner’s, 1891), 545

“The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.” – R.C. Sproul

“Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.” – Matthew Henry

“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.” – John Calvin

“The grounds of your justification are the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We’re saved by works, but they’re not our own.” – R.C. Sproul

“If God were small enough to be understood He would not be big enough to be worshipped.” – Evelyn Underhill

“God would remain absolutely hidden if we were not illuminated by the brightness of Christ.” – John Calvin

“The bare knowledge of God’s will is inefficacious, it doth not better the heart. Knowledge alone is like a winter sun, which hath no heat or influence; it doth not warm the affections, or purify the conscience. Judas was a great luminary, he knew God’s will, but he was a traitor.” – Thomas Watson

Friday Round Up

(1) Please pray for a young lady named Alisa in a Denver hospital (daughter of a very good friend of mine, Jim). She is only 17 and is under going radiation treatment for a brain tumor. Thanks so much. Jim writes:

The latest up-date on my lovely daughter Alisa. 3 weeks ago they did a new MRI. That showed the original tumor had not grown any with the chemo and radiation treatments. But it also showed that a new cyst had developed. She was scheduled to go back to Childrens Hospital on Monday the 17 to possibly have more surgery.

They thought they might need to put in another drain… Alisa had been having severe headaches for the past couple days. They did a new MRI and decided that at 7:30 am Friday they are going back in to put the shunt, back in her head. It seems the liquid has built up and is pushing on the nerves. The MRI did also show that the new cyst has gotten smaller too. So please keep praying for her, GOD BLESS. The picture is Alisa in the center and her 2 awesome sisters. 🙂

(2) There’s a variety of resources in this week’s Friday Ligonier $5 sale worth considering.

(3) Some quotes:

“No therapist, no psychiatrist can relieve you of guilt. He or she may help you to resolve feelings of false guilt that can arise for a variety of reasons. Prescription drugs may provide certain kinds of ease. But no therapy, no course of drugs, can deliver you from real guilt. Why? Because being guilty is not a medical condition or a chemical disorder. It is a spiritual reality. It concerns your standing before God. The psychiatrist cannot forgive you; the therapist cannot absolve you; the counselor cannot pardon you. But the message of the Gospel is this: God can forgive you, and He is willing to do so.” – Dr. Sinclair Ferguson

“Faith is the fruit of regeneration, not the cause of it.” – R.C. Sproul

“Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.” J.C. Ryle

“If you do not listen to theology, that will not mean you have no ideas about God, rather it will mean you have a lot of wrong ones.” – C.S. Lewis

“It is true that the Lord’s Supper is only for sinners. But within that group, it is only for repentant sinners.” – Mark Dever

“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” – William James

“The bare knowledge of God’s will is inefficacious, it doth not better the heart. Knowledge alone is like a winter sun, which hath no heat or influence; it doth not warm the affections, or purify the conscience. Judas was a great luminary, he knew God’s will, but he was a traitor.” – Thomas Watson

“A supporter of “easy-believism” argued, “The opposite of “easy believism” is “difficult believism.” So how good exactly does one have to be before he is *really* a Christian in your estimation?”

Answer: The Bible declares that Belief (or faith) is not merely difficult, but rather IMPOSSIBLE for the natural man. So the opposite of “easy believism” is not “difficult believism”. Those who think faith is either “easy” or “difficult” are both wrong, according to the Bible. If someone thinks faith is “easy” or even possible, apart from grace, then they do not understand our condition as human beings or our real need of grace. Those who think faith is something easy are making the same mistake as those who think good works save. Both are trusting in some self-generated meritorious act, rather than Christ alone who provides everything we need for salvation, including a new heart to believe and obey.” – John Hendryx

Miscellaneous Quotes (58)

“No therapist, can deliver you from real guilt. Why? Because being guilty is not a medical condition or a chemical disorder. It is a spiritual reality. It concerns your standing before God. The psychiatrist cannot forgive you; the therapist cannot absolve you; the counselor cannot pardon you. But the message of the Gospel is this: God can forgive you, and He is willing to do so.” – Dr. Sinclair Ferguson

“Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God.” – Timothy Keller

“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” – Mother Teresa

“Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.” – J.C. Ryle

“Albeit sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit, yet it is equally true, and this we must ever bear in mind, that the Holy Spirit makes us active agents in our own sanctification.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“Shallow theology always produces shallow convictions.” – Steven Lawson

“Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.” – G. K. Chesterton

““Oh, what amazing mercy,” each saved soul may well say, “and all this for me!” Everlasting love ordained it, immutable love has accomplished it, and unchanging love will perfect it.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“The bride of Christ does not remember the death of her bridegroom as a widow but as one who longs for the day when the bridegroom will return to take her home.” – Iain Campbell

“If you are to be saved by your own works, you must be absolutely perfect, in thought, and word, and deed, from the moment of your birth to the hour of your death.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“What I could not earn, Jesus earned, what I could not defeat, Jesus defeated, what I could not bear, Jesus bore.” – Paul Tripp

“It is true that the Lord’s Supper is only for sinners. But within that group, it is only for repentant sinners.” – Mark Dever

“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” – William James

“He had not and He has not come to call those who believe themselves to be righteous. He has come to call those who are outcasts who know that they need to made whole.” – Alistair Begg