Beauty, irreligiously esteemed, infringes upon the glory of Jehovah.
~Geerhardus Vos~
Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948), p. 281.
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Geerhardus Vos: On Idolatry
28 AprSpurgeon: One Tremendous Draught of Love
27 Apr
The whole of the tremendous debt was put upon his shoulders; the whole weight of the sins of all his people was placed upon him. Once he seemed to stagger under it: “Father, if it be possible.” But again he stood upright: “Nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.” The whole of the punishment of his people was distilled into one cup; no mortal lip might give it so much as a solitary sip. When he put it to his own lips, it was so bitter, he well nigh spurned it—”Let this cup pass from me.” But his love for his people was so strong, that he took the cup in both his hands, and
“At one tremendous draught of love
He drank damnation dry,”
for all his people. He drank it all, he endured all, he suffered all; so that now for ever there are no flames of hell for them, no racks of torment; they have no eternal woes; Christ hath suffered all they ought to have suffered, and they must, they shall go free. The work was completely done by himself, without a helper.
~Charles Spurgeon~
”Justification by Grace,” delivered on April 5, 1857, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s Sermons (5 Vol. Set)
Augustine: On Writing
26 Apr
I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write.
~Augustine~
Letters 211-270: Works of Saint Augustine II/4 (Hyde Park, New York; New City Press; 2005) Letter 143 “To Marcellinus.”
Quoted by Calvin in the Institutes of the Christian Religion (Louisville, Kentucky; Westminster John Know Press; 2006) Vol 1. p.5.
John Paton: On Worms and Cannibals.
25 Apr
Amongst many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, “The Cannibals ! you will be eaten by Cannibals!”
At last I replied, “Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving and honoring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms; and in the Great Day my resurrection body will arise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer.”
~John G. Paton~
John G Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides. An Autobiography. (Edinburgh, Scotland; The Banner of Truth Trust; 1994) p. 89-91.
Owen: Can We Expect a Comfortable Event?
22 Apr
If, then, sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures. He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue. If sin be subtle, watchful, strong, and always at work in the business of killing our souls, and we be slothful, negligent, foolish, in proceeding to the ruin thereof, can we expect a comfortable event? There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed on; and it will be so while we live in this world.
~John Owen~
Overcoming Sin & Temptation (Wheaton, IL; Crossway Books; 2006) p. 52.
Luther: I Admit I Deserve Death & Hell What Of It?
21 Apr
So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: “I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!
~Martin Luther~
Martin Luther, Letters of Spiritual Counsel, trans. and ed. Theodore G. Tappert (Vancouver, British Columbia: Regent College, 2003), 86–87
Owen: Sin Aims Always at the Utmost
20 Apr
Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, might it have its own course, it would go out to the utmost sin in that kind. Every unclean thought or glance would be adultery if it could; every covetous desire would be oppression, every thought of unbelief would be atheism, might it grow to its head.
~John Owen~
Overcoming Sin & Temptation (Wheaton, IL; Crossway; 2006) p. 53.
Edwards on Humility
19 Apr
There was no part of creature-holiness that I had so great a sense of its loveliness, as humility, brokenness of heart, and poverty of spirit; and there was nothing that I so earnestly longed for. My heart panted after this–to lie low before God, as in the dust; that I might be nothing, and that God might be all, that I might become as a little child.
~Jonathan Edwards~
The Works of Jonathan Edwards (Edinburgh, Scotland; The Banner of Truth Trust; 1974) p. lvi.
Edwards on Scriptural Meditation
15 Apr
I seemed often to see so much light exhibited by every sentence, and such a refreshing food communicated, that I could not get along in reading; often dwelling long on one sentence to see the wonders contained in it, and yet almost every sentence seemed to be full of wonders.
~Jonathan Edwards~
The Works of Jonathan Edwards (Edinburgh, Scotland; The Banner of Truth Trust; 1974) p. 30.
Augustine On The Heart’s Awakening
13 Apr
Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.
~Augustine~
Confessions (Hyde Park, NY; New City Press, 97) p. 5.
The Old Guys 