Sinclair B. Ferguson Quotes - Page 2

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• True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and the permanent from the transient. And, yes, it means distinguishing between the good and the better, and even between the better and the best.

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  Mean, Essentials, Indifferent

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• Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows.

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  Worship

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• Christians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ'; no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.

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  Christian, Identity, Flesh

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• The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so live, you do not live in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.

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  Israel, Holiness, Way

  Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• You must know, rest in, think through, and act upon your new identity - you are in Christ

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  Thinking, Identity, Christ

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• God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love.

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  His Love, Matter, Chosen

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• Our first priority in ministry must be love. Love for His Word, love for His people, and love for His appearing.

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  People, Priorities, And Love

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• Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!

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  Strong, Christ, Weak

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• The Father did not require the death of Christ to persuade Him to love us. Christ died because the Father loves us.

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  Father, Christ, Died

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• The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional ("I feel full of worship" or "The atmosphere is so worshipful"). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.

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  Heart, Character, Emotional

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• There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one.

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  Differences, Wells, Congregation

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• For worship is, essentially, the reverse of sin. Sin began (and begins) when we succumb to the temptation, "You shall be as gods." We make ourselves the center of the universe and dethrone God. By contrast, worship is giving God his true worth; it is acknowledging Him to be the Lord of all things, and the Lord of everything in our lives. He is, indeed, the Most High God!

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  Giving, Temptation, Worship

  Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.

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  Character, Worship, Character Of God

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• The problem is not in the clarity of the revelation. The problem is in the darkness of the human mind.

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  Darkness, Mind, Clarity

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• The only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed.

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  Needs, Redemption, Sin

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• Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven.

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  Guilt, Sin, Forgiven

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• When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the instinct to spare His own Son – will turn him back from keeping His word.

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  Son, Looks, Faithfulness

  Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives.

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  Scripture, Sensitive, Gods Will

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• The Son of God came to dwell in human flesh for us in order that He might come to dwell in us by His Spirit.

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  Son, Order, Flesh

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• We are far too good at analyzing what is wrong with the culture and far too myopic at analyzing what is wrong in the church.

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  Church, Culture, Myopic

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• Most Christians have more Bibles than they know what to do with, but have little understanding of what is in them.

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  Christian, Understanding, Littles

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• The real test that I believe that God is love is that tragedies don't separate me from the conviction that God is love.

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  Real, Believe, Love Is

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• Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis. Rather, it begins with what God says about those who trust in Christ.

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  Christian, Thinking, Self

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• We can never reflect too much on God's grace.

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  Grace, God's Grace, Too Much

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• Remember that you are not saved by increased levels of holiness, however desirable it is that you should reach them. ...It is Christ who saves us-through faith. Your faith is a poor and crumbling thing, as is your spiritual service. Jesus Christ alone is qualified and able to save you because of what He has done.

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  Spiritual, Jesus, Crumbling

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