Monthly Archives: September 2017

“And even after a man has thus become the subject of divine influence, how much ignorance, misapprehension, and error  –how much imperfection and impropriety –still remain, just because he is not completely subject to that influence!”  (John Brown  1784-1858)

“Thy way, i. e. all thy cares and business, thy desires and necessities.  Commend them to God by fervent prayer, referring them to his good will, and expecting a happy issue of all from him.”  (Matthew Poole  1624-1679)

By the immutability of God is meant that he is incapable of change, either in duration of life, or in nature, character, will or happiness.  In none of these, nor in any other respect is there any possibility of change.  … Continue reading →

“Learn then to suspect yourselves and to find out your own unbelief, that you may desire this Spirit to teach you inwardly those great mysteries which he outwardly reveals and teaches by his word.”  Robert Leighton  (1611-1684)

“He is throughout the Scriptures represented as the Purchaser, the Buyer, the Redeemer, of His people, and they are represented as the Purchased, the Bought, the Redeemed:  (J. R. Graves  1820-1892)

The loss of spiritual enjoyment . . . shall be the symptom that betrays the true condition of the soul.  The judgment shall lose none of its light, but the heart much of its fervor; the truths of revelation, especially … Continue reading →

“If we waiver in our trust in Him, if we fly to the resources of human policy, if we seek deliverance from present evil at whatever cost, we arrest, as it were, the electric current flowing from heaven, and become … Continue reading →

“The soul, by nature and by work, is one vile mass of sin.  Christ only can remove these stains.  The everlasting hope is lost through sad transgression.  Christ only can restore it.”  (Henry Law  1797-1844)

“In Scripture, “prayer” includes much more than making known our requests to God.  It is something which His people need reminding of, and some of them instructing in, in these days of superficiality and ignorance.”  Arthur W. Pink  (1886-1952)

“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.”  “It implies a willingness that he should choose for us, a conviction that the ordering of all that concerns us is safer in his hands than in our own.”  (James D. … Continue reading →