Monthly Archives: March 2016

“’to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed’.  He here states a double boon, that the gifts are ‘sure,’ and that they are sure ‘to all the seed’.” Chrysostom (347-402)

“His choice is not determined by the merit of man’s works, but by His own free and undeserved mercy, for it is proved by His words to Moses and to Pharaoh that “on whom he will, he hath mercy, and … Continue reading →

“When a man hath laid forth his desires, and poured out his heart before God, he should quiet himself, and cast himself with his burden upon the Lord; for here the poor committeth himself to God.´ David Dickson (1583-1662)

“The heart hungering and thirsting for righteousness, does not rest satisfied with the stalk and husks, but is anxious for the luscious kernel, of these fruits of eternal life.” George Burrowes (1811-1894)

“The Holy Spirit has to shine in our hearts (not intellects) to give us “the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor.4:6). But even that spiritual knowledge is fragmentary. The regenerated soul has … Continue reading →

“Let your outward actions be not something put on, but something produced—“fruits;” and fruits springing from inward repentance.” David Thomas (1813-1894)

“All blessings from God are fruits of sovereign grace.” William H. Van Doren (1810-1882)

“We do as sadly err when we smite and wound those whom God would comfort, as when we comfort those whom the Lord condemns.” William Swan Plumer (1802-1880)

“The mercies of God are thus dispensed in such a way as to cut off all ground for boasting on the part of those who are justified. They are, on the contrary, calculated to exalt the Divine sovereignty, and to … Continue reading →

“God establishes His covenant and Church in the line of continued generations, in order that one generation may enter into the fruit of another. Thus the truth is preserved from age to age under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.” … Continue reading →