Monthly Archives: October 2025

“A fretful, complaining Christian is a contradiction in terms.”  (William Garden Blaikie)

“Christ (amazing love!) ‘was made a curse for us,’ and thereby redeemed us from the curse of the law.  He subjected himself to the law in active as well as passive obedience, and his obedience even to death was for … Continue reading →

“When God acquits a sinner, He does so on the ground of a righteousness that He gives to the sinner.”  (Clark)

Faith is in no point of view equivalent to the obedience the law requires.  It is Christ’s obedience that is taken as an equivalent to an obedience to the law; and for the best of all reasons, because it is … Continue reading →

“I am anxious to be pleasing to God and to be filled with His Spirit; but I am not at all justified or accounted righteous by these things.  God, in justifying me, acted wholly and only on Christ’s blood-shedding on … Continue reading →

“The word ‘ungodly’ is a strong one and shows the magnitude and extent of God’s grace; his justifying judgment is exercised not simply upon the unrighteous but upon the ungodly.”  (John Murray on Romans)

“Works are not taken into consideration when the question respects justification.  But true faith will no more fail to produce them than the sun can cease to give light.”  (Martin Luther; 1483-1546)

“Your portrait and mine are being painted, and God by wondrous strokes and influences is working us up to his own ideal.  Over and above what you are doing for yourself, God is working to make you like him.”  (Henry … Continue reading →

“Co-heir with Jesus Christ, who is the heir of all things, and hast an infinite mass of riches laid up for thee; so great and infinite, that all the stars of heaven are too few to account it by:  you … Continue reading →

Oh!  ‘tis a sad thing to have one’s portion of good only in this life.”  (Ralph Venning;  1620-1673)