Binding and Loosing in Heaven and on Earth

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Matt Jury under Colin Marshall, Martin Luther, Tony Payne

The Ministry of the word belongs to all. To bind and to loose clearly is nothing else then to proclaim and to apply the gospel. For what is it to loose, if not to announce the forgiveness of sins before God? What is it to bind, except to withdraw the gospel and to declare the retention of sins? Whether they [that is, the Roman Catholic Church] want to or not, they must concede that the keys are the exercise of the Ministry of the word and belong to all Christians.

Martin Luther in Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine (Kingsford NSW Australia: Matthias Media, 2009), 58.

A Blazing Bush

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Matt Jury under Leonard Ravenhill

A blazing bush drew Moses; a blazing Church will attract the world, so that from its midst they will hear the voice of the living God.

Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994)

HT: @DailyRavenhill

The Gospel Is Good News

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Matt Jury under John Piper

The gospel is the good news that because God did not spare Christ, He will not spare any omnipotent effort to give us everything that is good for us.

John Piper, God Is the Gospel (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2005), 36.

Do You Thrill at Being Forgiven?

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Matt Jury under John Piper

One of the reasons that many Christians seem to have no thrill at being forgiven through the gospel is that they have not been broken hearted over their sin. They have not despared. They have not wrestled with warranted self-loathing. They have not grieve over their sin because of its moral repugnance, but have grieved only because of guilt feelings and threats of hell.

John Piper, God Is the Gospel (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2005), 105.

The Sum of the Gospel

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Matt Jury under Thomas Wilcox

To accept Christ’s righteousness alone, His blood alone for salvation, is the sum of the Gospel.

Thomas Wilcox (c. 1549–1608)

HT: @Challies

Nothing Would Bless the World More

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Matt Jury under John Piper

Nothing would bless this world more than people who are more like Christ, for in likeness to Christ the world might see Christ.

John Piper, God Is the Gospel (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2005), 16.

Distrust between Man and God

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Matt Jury under Thomas Chalmers

Retain a single shred or fragment of legality with the gospel, and you raise a topic of distrust between man and God. You take away from the power of the gospel to melt and to conciliate. For this purpose the freer it is the better it is.

Thomas Chalmers, The Expulsive Power of a New Affection

Of First Importance

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Matt Jury under C. J. Mahaney

Only one thing can be of first importance to each of us. And only the gospel ought to be.

C. J. Mahaney

HT: @NickRoark

The Gospel Is

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Matt Jury under Timothy Keller

The Gospel is: you are more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe yet you can be more accepted and loved than you ever dared hope at the same time because Jesus Christ lived and died in your place.

Timothy Keller

Belief Affects Behavior

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Matt Jury under Susanna Wesley

There are two things to do about the gospel: believe it and behave it.

Susanna Wesley (1669-1742)

HT: Challies.com

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Tag Archives: Gospel

Binding and Loosing in Heaven and on Earth

A Blazing Bush

A blazing bush drew Moses; a blazing Church will attract the world, so that from its midst they will hear the voice of the living God.

The Gospel Is Good News

The gospel is the good news that because God did not spare Christ, He will not spare any omnipotent effort to give us everything that is good for us.

Do You Thrill at Being Forgiven?

The Sum of the Gospel

To accept Christ’s righteousness alone, His blood alone for salvation, is the sum of the Gospel.

Nothing Would Bless the World More

Nothing would bless this world more than people who are more like Christ, for in likeness to Christ the world might see Christ.

Distrust between Man and God

Retain a single shred or fragment of legality with the gospel, and you raise a topic of distrust between man and God. You take away from the power of the gospel to melt and to conciliate. For this purpose the freer it is the better it is.

Of First Importance

Only one thing can be of first importance to each of us. And only the gospel ought to be.

The Gospel Is

The Gospel is: you are more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe yet you can be more accepted and loved than you ever dared hope at the same time because Jesus Christ lived and died in your place.

Belief Affects Behavior

There are two things to do about the gospel: believe it and behave it.