Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.
Charles Spurgeon (1834 – 1892)
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Tag Archives: Christ
The Glory of Christ
The glory of kings is in the wealth and peace of their subjects; the glory of Christ is in the grace and holiness of his subjects.
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The Kingdom Comes When the King Is Honored
“Thy will be done.” And with what better comment upon the words can I begin than this from John Calvin: “The substance of the prayer is that God would enlighten the world by the light of His Word, would form the hearts of men by the influence of His Spirit, and would restore to order, by the gracious exercise of His power, all the disorder that exists in the world.” John Calvin thus brings us to a very definite conception as to what the prayer implies. The Kingdom comes just as God’s thought and Spirit become dominant — His grace pervading human affection, His counsel illumining human judgment, His purpose fashioning human desire. His will controlling human movement. The Kingdom comes when His throne is revered, and when “the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne” constrains our wills in glad and spontaneous obedience. The Kingdom comes just as human relationships are shaped and beautified by the character of God, His righteousness expressed in our rectitude, His grace flowering in our graciousness, and His love finding a witness in everything lovely and of good report. The Kingdom comes when the King is honored and when His statutes become our songs.
Jesus Wept
A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.
Charles Spurgeon (1834 – 1892)
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True Preaching Promotes Christ’s Kingdom
Preaching is an ordinance of God, a means appointed by Jesus Christ himself for promoting his kingdom amongst men.
George Whitefield (1714 – 1770)
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Remembering That Minister Means Nothing but Servant
The minister must always remember that the dignity of his office adheres not in his person but in his office itself. He is not at all important, but his office is extremely important. Therefore he should take his work most seriously without taking himself seriously. He should preach the Word in season and out of season in forgetfulness of self. He should ever have an eye single to the glory of Christ, whom he preaches, and count himself out. It should be his constant aim that Christ, whom he represents, may increase while he himself decreases. Remembering that minister means nothing but servant, he should humbly, yet passionately, serve the Lord Christ and His church.
R.B. Kuiper, The Glorious Body of Christ (Banner of Truth, 1966), 140-42.
Grace! All Grace!
What He wants me to do, He does. What He empowers me to be, He is!
J. H. Jowett, from sermon titled “The Lord’s Guests” in “The Silver Lining”
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
You Are the Body of Christ and Individually Members of It
It has never been nor will it ever be God’s design for you to pursue your relationship with Him independently of other believers in the body of Christ. It is not only unbiblical to think otherwise; it is arrogant. A finger is effective only if it is united to a hand. An eye can see only if embedded in a head. A foot is good for movement only if attached to a leg. “For the body does not consist of one member but many. . . . [Therefore] you are the body of Christ and individually members of it” (1 Cor. 12.14, 27).
Sam Storms, The Hope of Glory (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2007), 148.
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