Doctrine Is Useless without Holiness

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Matt Jury under J. C. Ryle

Sound Protestant and evangelical doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless: it does positive harm. It is despised by keen sighted and shrewd men of the world, as an unreal and hollow thing, and brings religion into contempt.

J. C. Ryle, Holiness (Carlisle, PA: EP Books, 2011), xvii.

Grace and Holiness

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Matt Jury under Jerry Bridges

The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God: otherwise it is doomed to failure.

Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace: God’s Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness

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The Motivation of Genuine Holiness

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Matt Jury under D. Edmond Hiebert

Genuine holiness is motivated by the obligations which love imposes…. An unloving man cannot be a holy man.

D. Edmond Hiebert, The Thessalonian Epistles (Chicago: Moody Press), 157.

Don’t Confuse Knowledge with Maturity

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Matt Jury under Paul Tripp

Theological arrogance devalues grace. It confuses knowledge with maturity, so it doesn’t treasure the grace that alone causes you to grow.

Paul Tripp on Twitter

The Root of Godliness

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Matt Jury under William Carey

Prayer – secret, fervent, believing prayer – lies at the root of all personal godliness.

William Carey (1761 – 1834)

More Love to Thee, O Christ

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Matt Jury under Jonathan Edwards

The more a true saint loves God with a gracious love, the more he desires to love Him, and the more uneasy is he at his want of love to Him; the more he hates sin, the more he desires to hate it, and laments that he has so much remaining love to it; the more he mourns for sin, the more he longs to mourn for sin; the more his heart is broke, the more he desires it should be broke: the more he thirsts and longs after God and holiness, the more he longs to long, and breathe out his very soul in longings after God.

Jonathan Edwards, The Religious Affections, p. 303

The Work of Christ

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

It is the work of Christ to bring us back to God, and to restore us to perfection of holiness and obedience; and He is the way to the Father, so faith in Him is the way to our former employment and enjoyment of God.

Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, p. 58

Biblical Separation

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Matt Jury under J. A. Motyer

True (biblical) separation is to imitate God, whose central command to us in this respect runs right through the Bible: ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’ It is unfortunately easy for us to distort the scriptural ideal of separation by developing a life-style which simply sets out to contradict whatever is current in society around us…. The heart of the matter is this: the saint’s separation is not a mere reaction against but a response to; not a mere determination to be different from the world but a whole-hearted determination to be like God by obeying His word.

J. A. Motyer, The Message of Philippians, p. 31

Missions Is the Product of Personal Holiness

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

Ministry blossoms naturally in holy lives.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

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Worship and the Grace To Do It

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Matt Jury under Michael P V Barrett

If we are to worship in the beauty of holiness, we must worship according to what God defines as holiness. Grace gives us the desire and the ability to do it.

Michael P. V. Barrett, The Beauty of Holiness, p. 106

Life Is Worship

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29.2)

Tag Archives: holiness

Doctrine Is Useless without Holiness

Sound Protestant and evangelical doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless: it does positive harm. It is despised by keen sighted and shrewd men of the world, as an unreal and hollow thing, and brings religion into contempt.

Grace and Holiness

The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God: otherwise it is doomed to failure.

The Motivation of Genuine Holiness

Genuine holiness is motivated by the obligations which love imposes…. An unloving man cannot be a holy man.

Don’t Confuse Knowledge with Maturity

Theological arrogance devalues grace. It confuses knowledge with maturity, so it doesn’t treasure the grace that alone causes you to grow.

The Root of Godliness

Prayer – secret, fervent, believing prayer – lies at the root of all personal godliness.

More Love to Thee, O Christ

The Work of Christ

It is the work of Christ to bring us back to God, and to restore us to perfection of holiness and obedience; and He is the way to the Father, so faith in Him is the way to our former employment and enjoyment of God.

Biblical Separation

Missions Is the Product of Personal Holiness

Ministry blossoms naturally in holy lives.

Worship and the Grace To Do It

If we are to worship in the beauty of holiness, we must worship according to what God defines as holiness. Grace gives us the desire and the ability to do it.