Speak to the Ear

 A man may speak to the ear, but it is the Spirit of God alone who can speak to the heart.

George Whitefield

CEASED COUNTING HEADS

 

Three Quotes for today

 "I have not one good work that I dare think of, much more trust to, but being what I am, unworthy, undeserving, and hell-deserving, I trust Christ to save me, and if he does not save me, he is not as good as his word; but I have no suspicion about that."

Charles H. Spurgeon

"If God be just, he cannot punish me for sin for which Jesus has offered satisfaction. As long as there is justice in the heart of Deity, it cannot be that a soul justly claiming Christ as his substitute can himself be punished."

Charles H. Spurgeon

“Let it not be forgotten that God’s providences are but the manifestations of His decrees: what God does in time is only what he purposed in eternity- His own will being the alone cause of all His acts and works.”

~ Arthur Pink 1886-1952, "The Sovereignty of God"

ARE YOU AFRAID, THEN YOU ARE OF NO USE

 "You are of no use in the ministry, my dear brother, if you are not quite willing to be called a fool, to be called a thief, or even to be called a devil! You will never be successful if you are afraid of being pelted."

Charles H. Spurgeon

Augustus Toplady

 "I dare say, that, in such an auditory as this, a number of Arminians are present. I fear, that all our public assembles have too many of them. Perhaps, however, even these people, idolaters as they are, may be apt to blame, and, indeed, with justice, the absurdity of those who worship idols of silver and gold, the work of men's hands; what must it be, to worship the works of our own hands? Perhaps, you may ask, God forbid that I should do so. Nevertheless, let me tell you, that trust, confidence, reliance, and dependence, for salvation, are all acts and very solemn ones too, of divine worship; and upon whatsoever you depend, whether in whole or part, for your acceptance with God, and for your justification in His sight, whatsoever, you rely upon, and trust in, for the attainment of grace or glory; if it be any thing short of God in Christ, you are an idolater to all intents and purposes."

Augustus Toplady- The Golden Idol of Freewill

How will You Run with Horses

 Jeremiah 12:5-7  “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?  6  For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.”  7  “I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.

Christ in All Scripture

 "We find Christ in all Scripture.

In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospel He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the Epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is Expected." —Alistair Begg.

Tasteless until the Holy Spirit

"God's Grace is tasteless to men, until the Holy Spirit brings its savor." -- Calvin.

SINICERE PRAYERS

 "God looks not at the oratory of your prayers, how elegant they may be; nor at the geometry of your prayers, how long they may be; nor at the arithmetic of your prayers, how many they may be; not at logic of your prayers, how methodical they may be; but the sincerity of them He looks at." ~Thomas Brooks

Nor is God known by the Intellect

 

VERY, MOST, ALWAYS, ALTOGETHER LOVELY

 

Superficial Evangelism

 

THE STARS VANISH

 

All that I am I give to you

‘All that I am I give to you, and all that I have I share with you’ says the bridegroom to his bride. This is a profound mystery - but I am talking about Christ and the church. (from Mike Reeves Tweet)

Call the Day to Witness

“I call the day, sun, earth, trees, stones, wind, rain, frost, snow, my home, bed, table, food, books, drink, clothes, to witness that I come to You for rest of soul from the thunders of guilt and dread of eternity.” 

 – The Valley of Vision

INCAPABLE OF ONE RIGHTEOUS DESIRE

 

Multiple Quotes

The heads and hearts of multitudes have been filled with such a crowd and noise of worldly business that they have lamentably declined in their zeal, their love, their delight in God, and their heavenly, serious, and profitable way of conversing with men. --- John Flavel.


Christ's love did not rest in mere feeling, nor in light efforts and small sacrifices, but though we were enemies, yet He so loved us, that He was willing to deny Himself, and undertake the greatest efforts, and undergo the greatest sufferings, for our sakes. -- Jonathan Edwards.


Christ's love did not rest in mere feeling, nor in light efforts and small sacrifices, but though we were enemies, yet He so loved us, that He was willing to deny Himself, and undertake the greatest efforts, and undergo the greatest sufferings, for our sakes.-- Jonathan Edwards.


It is not prayer, it is not faith, it is not our doings, it is not our feelings upon which we must rest, but upon Christ and ON CHRIST ALONE!

— C. H. Spurgeon

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.