Lesson 13: Qal Perfect – Strong Verbs

DELIVERED FROM THE LOVE OF SIN

 

GOD HOLDS US BACK EVERY MOMENT

 From online:

David Brainerd, Presbyterian missionary to Native Americans, was born this day 1718.

"If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world."

- David Brainerd

"If God did not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incarnate!" -David Brainerd.

BROUGHT TO KNOW THEIR NEED

 "Until men and women are brought to feel their sinfulness and need, no real good is ever done to their souls. Until a sinner sees himself as God sees him, he will continue careless, trifling, and unmoved. By all means we must labor to convince the unconverted man of sin, to pierce his conscience, to open his eyes, to show him himself. To this end we must expound the length and breadth of God's holy law. To this end we must denounce every practice contrary to that law, however fashionable and customary. This is the only way to do good. Never does a soul value the Gospel medicine until it feels its disease. Never does a man see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until he discovers that he is himself a lost and ruined sinner. Ignorance of sin is invariably attended by neglect of Christ." - J. C. Ryle

Thankful for Thorns

 

He is not interested in numbers

 God does not work through big battalions, He is not interested in numbers; He is interested in purity, in vessels fit and meet for the Master’s use. We must concentrate, not on numbers, but upon doctrine, upon regeneration, upon holiness, upon the realisation that this is a holy temple in the Lord, a habitation of God.

• Martyn Lloyd-Jones (God’s Way of Reconciliation)

  

  
  

The Work of Christ is Perfect

 

A Believer Longs

 "A believer longs after God: to come into His presence, to feel His love, to feel near to Him in secret, to feel in the crowd that he is nearer than all the creatures. Ah! dear brethren, have you ever tasted this blessedness? There is greater rest and solace to be found in the presence of God for one hour, than in an eternity of the presence of man." - Robert Murray McCheyne

First Words

 “Let the first words out of your mouth while still on your pillow be a cry to God: ‘I need you again today.’”

Faith is not a Virtue Proceeding from us.

 

Experiences

 

Preaching the Gospel removes the fear of death. CHS

 

Why We Pray. Spurgeon

 

24 years

 Adoniram Judson spent 24 years translating the Burmese Bible. In this month's magazine, you'll read stories of how we carry on his work today by smuggling Bibles into Myanmar (formerly Burma).

Everything from God's Hands

"To take everything from God’s hands, and to trust everything in God’s hands, is a happy way of living, and very helpful to prayer." - Charles Spurgeon

Expressing Prayer - Samuel Rutherford

 All my ways of expressing prayer are imperfect. In God’s book, a look toward heaven or an uplifting of the eyes is set down as prayer: In the morning will I direct my prayer unto You, and will look up (Ps. 5:3). What is prayer but a pouring out of the soul to God. Faith will find another outlet if one be stopped. Feeling breaks out in looks when voice is lacking, just as smoke pours out of the windows when the door is shut. Dying Stephen looked up to heaven by the window of the soul to give notice that a poor friend was on his way, and that was prayer enough.

~ Samuel Rutherford

All Things Working For Good

 

Our Best is Far From Perfect

 

Faith Doesn't Save Us

 

Grace will Spring Up

 "Grace does not lie as a sleepy habit in the soul, but will put forth itself in vigorous and glorious actings. Grace can no more be concealed, than fire. Grace does not lie in the heart as a stone in the earth—but as seed in the earth. It will spring up into good works!" - Thomas Watson

He Works In Us

 

How Does God View His People

 How does God view His people?

“in Christ” (38 times) “in Christ Jesus” (51 times) “in him” (21 times) “in the Lord” (44 times) and other similar expressions no less than 216 times.

Confounded with Shame

 

Christ Prizeth Him More

 

Saves Completely

 When He saves, He saves completely, He removes the curse, restores access and power with God, renews the divine image upon the soul, and thus reclaims the rebel and teaches him reverence, love and serve the God of his life. ~ John Newton