The Kayelton Group

“The meaning of the phrase, ‘he gave himself for our sins,’ is, ‘he voluntarily by his sufferings and death made atonement for our sins’—‘he offered himself a sacrifice for our sins.”  (John Brown; 1722-1787)

“Have mercy upon me; I plead not my merit, but thy free mercy.”  (Matthew Poole  1624-1679)

“The night of their adversity will be turned into the light of prosperity; and as surely as they can believe when it is night that it shall be day, so surely may they be persuaded when crosses are upon them, that comfort  and deliverance shall come.”  (Nicholas Byfield; 1579-1622)

 “The amount of sin makes ‘no difference.’  Out of Christ, he who calls himself the least of sinners must perish; in Christ, the very vilest is made ‘the righteousness of God.”  Brownlow North  (1741-1820)

“Christ’s Priesthood is complete in itself, He is able to save completely.  Nothing is left undone that is required for a deliverance that meets every want.”  George Milligan (1860-1934)

“When we have clear indications of the Divine mind as to any course of action, we are to advance to it promptly and without fear, even though the means at our disposal appear utterly inadequate to the object sought to be gained.”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“Man’s free will, or natural power, is quite dead in the matter of regeneration; its utmost endeavours can contribute nothing to this work.”  George Hutcheson (1615–1674)

“Oftentimes the soul seems lost for awhile in thoughts which overwhelm it, it loses its foothold, it tumbles about helplessly amid the deep waters of affliction.  It seems as if all were over.  Do not believe it.”  E. De Pressense  (1869)

“When we are under such afflictions as threaten to ruin us, ‘tis seasonable to tell the Lord he made us.”  Joseph Cary

“He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”  “What! All?  Yes.  Not one left?  No, not a trace, not a shade, not the shadow of a shade; all buried, all gone, all swallowed up, all blotted out, all freely pardoned, all cast behind God’s back.”  Joseph C. Philpot (1802-1869)