October 3, 2009

"By the immutability of God is meant that he is incapable of change, either in duration of life, or in nature, character, will or happiness. In none of these, nor in any other respect is there any possibility of change. Change must be for the worse or for the better, but God cannot become worse or better. " (James Petigru Boyce; 1827-1888)

October 2, 2009

"For we ourselves are so feeble, that, if the matter was left in our hands, very few, or rather none, would be saved, but Satan would overcome us all.” Jerome Zanchius (1516-1590)

October 1, 2009

“Men are prone to be deluded by externals, and to suppose that the absence of outward splendor is indicative of the absence of God’s blessing, forgetting that God often chooses the weak things of the earth to confound the mighty, that no flesh may glory in his presence.” Thomas v. Moore (1856)

September 30, 2009

When God, by His Word, gives us reason to expect any extraordinary events, it would be a mark of stupidity to be inattentive to the voice of the great Ruler of heaven and earth. His works and His words reflect light upon one another; and whoso is wise, and will observe their harmony, shall understand the loving-kindness, and see the glory of the Lord. (George Lawson, First Published 1807)

September 29, 2009

“The sense of sin is perhaps as general as the sense of bodily need, but it is not as frequently felt.” (Alfred Plummer, 1841-1926)

September 28, 2009

“The darkest hours of the Church’s night are those which precede the break of day. Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity. Jesus will come to deliver just when his needy ones shall sigh, as if all hope and gone for ever. O Lord, set the now near at hand at hand, and rise up speedily to our help.” Charles H.Spurgeon (1843-1892)

September 27, 2009

“If Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God, equal with God, having the same nature with the Father, the only begotten of the Father, then he is fit to be our Lord, the absolute proprietor of our persons, worthy to receive all the homage and service we can possibly offer. The word here rendered Lord has a long history and interesting. It is the word used in the Septuagint to translate the words Jehovah and Adonai; the former denoting the self-existent, independent, eternal and unchangeable I AM; the latter expressing his authority and sovereignty over us.” (William S. Plumer, 1802-1880)

September 26, 2009

Believer, stay your soul on the rock of the promises. They are as immovable as He who speaks them. At the set moment you shall march in triumph to your Canaan. (Henry Law; 1797-1884)

September 25, 2009

“He took indeed sin’s form, that He might bear sin’s due: but He never knew sin’s stain.” Henry Law (1797-1884)

September 24, 2009

“The heart is ever prone to divide its confidence between God and the creature. This will never do. We must ‘wait only upon God.’ ‘He only’ must be our ‘rock,’ our ‘salvation,’ and our ‘defence.’ Then we are frequently tempted to look to an arm of flesh first, and when that fails us, we look to God. This will never do either.” (Charles Mackintosh, 1766-1843)

September 23, 2009

“Wicked men will sooner believe the most uncertain and ridiculous things, than own the visible demonstrations of God’s power and providence.” (Matthew Poole 1624-1679)

September 22, 2009

“Grace in Christ, and grace in us, are of the same nature, though not of the same degree: grace in us is as in its streams, but grace in Christ is as in its fountain; it is but a small measure we have ,but it is an infinite, and inexhaustible fullness that is in Him.” (John Gill; 1697-1771)

September 21, 2009

Our love is not the cause of His, but His is the cause of ours; and it is not merely His loving us, but the shedding it abroad in our hearts by His Spirit, which draws out our love to Him; for though He loved us, yet if He had not some way or other manifested it to us, and overcome our hearts with it, we should still have remained enemies to Him; but His giving us the sense and perception of it in our hearts, is what has drawn us to Himself, and will keep us there. (John Gill; 1697-1771)

Septemer 20, 2009

“But as soon as ever a believer has Christ’s righteousness imputed to him, he has virtually finished the righteousness of the law. It is evident the saints shall persevere, because they are already justified.” (Jonathan Edwards; 1703-1758)

September 19, 2009

“Pre-eminently He was the Lamb of God, and He was sacrificed for us. Let us reckon ourselves judged in Him. The Judgment which has befallen Him has settled the great question of sin. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed.” (Frederick Brotherton Meyer; 1847-1929)

September 18, 2009

“Far easier to level hills, than subdue the proud will.” (William Howard Van Doren; 1810-1882)

September 17, 2009

“If we open our mouths to God in prayer, he will fill them more and more with suitable petitions and arguments. When we attempt to open the mouth, God will open it still wider.” (Benjamin Beddome; 1717-1795)

September 16, 2009

"The greatest honor to which any man can attain on earth is to be a servant of Jesus Christ." (William S. Plumer; 1802-1880)

September 15, 2009

“Those who are ordained unto eternal life were not so ordained on account of any worthiness foreseen in them, or of any good works to be wrought by them, nor yet for their future faith, but purely and solely of free, sovereign grace, and according to the mere pleasure of God.” (Jerome Zanchius; 1516-1590)

September 14, 2009

“What is said on the spur of the moment is sometimes better evidence of a man’s disposition than what he says deliberately, for the latter may be calculated hypocrisy.” (Alfred Plummer; 1841-1926)

September 13, 2009

“Grace flows unrestrained and unreserved upon those who have no goodness to plead and no claim to advance." (Arthur W. Pink; 1886-1952)

September 12, 2009

“The fall of our first parents did not begin with the overt act of disobedience; it was preceded by a process of defection that culminated in it.” (John Murray; 1898-1975)

September 11, 2009

“Receive me, then, O Eternal Father, for the sake of our Lord’s merits and words; for he, by his obedience and his death, hath now merited from thee everything which I do not merit of myself.” (Fra Thome de Jesu; 1869)

September 10, 2009

“The same Lord who sends the afflictions will also recall them when his design is accomplished.” Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1898)