Monthly Archives: December 2015

“The smoke and the fragrance ascend to heaven. All is accepted—Christ first, then each of His people. He passed through suffering, fire and flame—then was accepted. They being reckoned one with Him, are treated as if they had done so … Continue reading →

“The unborn Baptist could not restrain emotion, when the unborn Jesus was brought near.” Henry Law (1797-1884)

“To say that man could grow holy and spotless, that he could secure God’s grace, and attain to salvation by an act of his own free will, was teaching that attracted, as it still does attract, thousands.” Warburton (1698-1779)

“It is the great work of faith to cry out after God, at a distance, when you are afraid lest at the next turn he should be quite out of sight.” John Owen (1616-1683)

“’his faith is counted for righteousness.’  We see here the nature of the faith that is counted for righteousness; it is the faith of one who regards himself as “ungodly,” and unable to justify himself by his own works, but … Continue reading →

“The Lord’s people are a humbled people, afflicted, emptied, sensible of their need, driven to a daily attendance on God, daily begging of him, and living only upon the hope of what is promised: for so are they here described … Continue reading →

“Here, learning can go no farther than the threshold; the key by which the mysteries within are reached, must be furnished by the Spirit of God.” George Burrowes (1811-1894)

“There is a fearful tendency in man to attach the idea of merit to his religious conduct. How many there are who imagine that by their social integrity, their benevolent deeds, their devotional observances, they will procure the favor of … Continue reading →

“We are spiritually dumb until God opens our mouth.”   William H. Van Doren (1810-1882)

“The apostasy of the race is universal, and the proof of it is found everywhere from the equator to the poles.” James Madison Pendleton; 1811-1891)