Monthly Archives: April 2016

“For the fact of my relationship to Him as my Lord is not my work, nor of my choosing.  It is of grace, of sovereign grace, and absolutely of grace only.  It is a relationship that is rooted in eternity, … Continue reading →

“Our loins were before ‘filled with pain’ (Isaiah 21:3), because sin’s ‘loathsome disease’ spread  through them (Psalm 38:3); therefore now we consecrate their strength, using it all for Him, ‘the effectual working of whose power’ has set us free.  Yea, … Continue reading →

“If the moral law of the universe has been vindicated, if the character of God has been honoured, if His Name is hallowed by the obedience of Christ, as our Surety and Head, even unto death, there is absolute remission … Continue reading →

And if now, my Christian brother, the God who made all things, evil as well as good,–sickness, pain, poverty, distress,–is your Savior; if He is ever seen by you, and His voice is heard telling you, even of that which … Continue reading →

“You will even blush one day to see yourselves so much honoured for what you are ashamed of, and are conscious to yourselves that you have deserved nothing.”  Edward Veal  (1708)

“And how does it work, when we thus anticipate God, by going our own way?  We bring, in many instances, guilt on our conscience; but if not, we certainly weaken faith, instead of increasing it; and each time we work … Continue reading →

“Though there can never really be room for any boasting on man’s part before God, yet boasting will intrude; nor can it be shut out “by the law of works,” which rather tends to foster self-righteousness.”  Edwin Hamilton Gifford  (1820-1905)

“When the recovering patient finds any medicine benefiting him by its use at any particular stage of his restoration, he has the best proof that it was intended for his cure, and was placed there by wisdom.”  George Burrowes (1811-1894)

“ For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things; to whom be glory forever.”  “Whenever we overlook this, we go wrong, and our efforts are but the beating of the air.  When we make an end … Continue reading →

“He is the Alpha, and also the Omega!  Nothing exists that does exist, nothing moves that does move, nothing develops that does develop, nothing happens that does happen, whether light or darkness, whether sin or grace, whether the devil or … Continue reading →