If God did not act first, no one would be saved.
The great triad of enemies for Christian growth contain the world, the flesh, and the devil.
If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.
If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.
God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved.
A holy God is both just and merciful. He is never unjust.
All that God had to do to harden Pharaoh's heart, or to harden your heart, is to withhold His own grace.
Doctrine divides, but doctrine also unites. It binds together the hearts of God's people who celebrate the truth of God together.
It is superstitious to equate our feelings and inclinations with the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required.
The power of the gospel is the word of God . . . nobody needs a gospel if there’s no judgment, or law, if God is not a God of judgment. If there is no such thing as hell, what good is the gospel?
There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a horizontal plane. No one ever suffers injustice on the vertical plane. That is, no one ever suffers unjustly in terms of his or her relationship with God. As long as we bear the guilt of sin, we cannot protest that God is unjust in allowing us to suffer.
We do not determine right or wrong based on what everybody else is doing.
The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it’s meant also to be sung.
Doctrine does matter.
The presumptuous sin of Uzzah was that He assumed his hands were less polluted than the dirt.
But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.
I think Arminianism is death to Christianity!
The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)
By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.
The very heart of worship, as the Bible makes clear, is the business of expressing, from the depths of our spirits, the highest possible honor we can offer before God.
The whole concept of providence is that God knows everything about what we do.
The more faithful preachers are to the Word of God in their preaching, the more liable they are to the charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because the more faithful people are to the Word of God the higher the message is that they will preach. The higher the message, the further they will be from obeying themselves.
At the final judgment, everyone will stand before God alone.
Seeking God? We have totally revised corporate worship services to be sensitive to "seekers." If worship were to be tailored for seekers, it would be directed exclusively to believers, for no one except believers ever seeks God (Rom. 3:9-12).
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