Quote 3866
The love of Christ is insatiable. The more you experience His redeeming love, the more you desire it. The more you desire it, the more you want to dwell on it.
Joel Beeke
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life, Reformation Heritage Books, 2012Other Quotes from the Author & Topic
We live in a day and age in which Christianity throughout North America is primarily antinomian. You're saved by grace perhaps, or at least mostly through grace and partly your free will, so you can be free. Free to do what you want.https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/5191514403910 (11 mins)
There is no thought, no word, no act, and no area of human life that is not affected by sin.
In short, doctrinally, Puritanism was a kind of vigorous Calvinism; experientially, it was warm and contagious; evangelistically, it was aggressive, yet tender; ecclesiastically, it was theocentric and worshipful; and politically, it aimed to be scriptural and balanced.
Lead Family Worship with a firm, fatherly hand and a soft, penitent heart: Even when you're bone-weary after a day's work, pray for strength to carry out your fatherly duty. Remember that Christ Jesus went to the cross for you bone-weary and exhausted but never shrunk from His mission. As you deny yourself, you will see how He strengthens you during Family Worship, so that by the time you finish, your exhaustion is overcome.Theology of the Family, 96
Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.Living Zealously, Reformation Heritage Books, 2012
Spiritual adoption is the excellency and apex of God’s salvation.A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life, Reformation Heritage Books, 2012
Christ did not come to earth simply to be our moral teacher. If that were His only mission, He could have come as He did in former times, as the Angel of the Lord, without our flesh and blood to encumber Him.Why Christ Came: 31 Meditations on the Incarnation, Reformation Heritage Books, 2013
God’s Word, when rightly expounded, is medicinal for a whole host of spiritual diseases.Reformed Preaching, Crossway, 2018
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism, Reformation Heritage Books, 2008
Faith is not bare knowledge or passive persuasion but the embrace of Christ by the heart, resulting in personal knowledge of God.Parenting by God’s Promises, Reformation Trust, 2011
Let every preacher take note: Amid the frustrations and hardships of ministry, the most Christ-like thing is to stay focused on your calling, give thanks to God, and go on preaching the Gospel.The Faithful Minister, Tabletalk, May 2008, p. 36
Read as an act of worship. Read to be elevated into the great truths of God so that you may worship the Trinity in Spirit and in truth. Be selective about what you read, however. Measure all your reading against the touchstone of Scripture.Feed My Sheep, ed. Don Kistler, Soli Deo Gloria Ministries, 2002, p. 120
The primary ground of assurance is rooted in the promises of God, but those promises must become increasingly real to the believer through the subjective evidences of grace and the internal witness of the Holy Spirit.Focusing on Christ, Reformation 21, April 21, 2020
The third use of the law is directive or normative: it serves as a didactic "rule of life" to guide believers in ways that are pleasing to their God and Savior.A Puritan Theology, 557
The Lord's Day is Resurrection Day, recalling Christ's resurrection, and looking forward to the resurrection of all who are in Christ.
General revelation is not potential revelation, but actual revelation.Reformed Systematic Theology, 1:210
General revelation is not a tool for Christians to convince people of something they do not know, but to convict them of what they do know and fail to live up to.Reformed Systematic Theology, 1:210
Give yourself-not just your time-to prayer. Remember that prayer is not an appendix to your life and your work, it is your life your real, spiritual life-and your work. Prayer is the thermometer of your soul.
The love of Christ is insatiable. The more you experience His redeeming love, the more you desire it. The more you desire it, the more you want to dwell on it. The more you dwell on it, the more you cherish it and are satisfied by it. You can never 'mind' Christ's love too often, since his love knows no bounds.
Faith is not bare knowledge or passive persuasion but the
embrace of Christ by the heart, resulting in personal knowledge of God.
The heart must therefore be prepared by the law awakening the sinner
to his need of Christ. The law beats on the stony heart as a hammer to
smooth its surface before God writes His Word upon it. Though some
men called this repentance, Calvin preferred to think of it as preparation
for faith, which in turn leads to true repentance.
Christ will receive all who come to Him, but
Christ will not be sweet to them until sin is first bitter in them.
Faith is the empty hand by which we receive Christ and all His benefits.
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