That we may be in a prepared state of mind when the waves of persecution roll over us, we ought in due time to habituate ourselves to such an event by meditating continually on the cross.
Taken from the book Calvin's Commentaries by John Calvin 1509-1564
Volum XXII Page 134
Taken from the book Select Sermons of George Whitefield
by George Whitefield 1714-1770
Page 95
Christ is put forward as the example of how we should love, and that is the most effective argument. How great was Christ's love? What kind of love was his? Christ voluntarily gave himself up to death because of his great love for us – the greatest love anyone could have, in fact. The apostle asks us to imitate him.
Martin Bucer 1491-1551
Taken from the book Reformation Commentary on the Bible New Testament
Vol X Galatians, Ephesians
Page 385
O Lord, breathe on me till I am one with Thee in the temper of my mind and heart and disposition, unto Thee do I turn. How completely again I realize my lost-ness without Thee.
Taken from the book If You Will Ask by Oswald Chambers 1874-1917
Page 47
Wherein does the beauty of the diamond lie, but in this, that it is a true diamond? If it is a counterfeit, it is worth nothing. So wherein does the beauty of a Christian lie, but in this, that he has the truth in the inward parts (Psalms 51:6)?
Taken from the book The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson 1666
Page 101
'Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established' (Proverbs 16:3). By works he means not only every enterprise and business we undertake, but every puzzling, intricate and doubtful event we fear. These being once committed by an act of faith, and our wills resigned to His, besides the comfort we shall have in the issue, we shall have the present advantage of a well-composed and peaceful spirit.
Taken from the book The Mystery of Providence by John Flavel 1678
Page 215
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (1 John 2:15 ESV)
The decision of heaven is nothing less than this, if any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him. So far is the love of the world from being the less dangerous on account of its falling so little under human censure, that it is the more so.
Taken from the book The Backslider: His Nature, Symptoms, and Recovery by Andrew Fuller 1754-1815
Page 28
It has long appeared to me that this species of covetousness will, in all probability, prove the eternal overthrow of more characters among professing people, than almost any other sin; and this because it is almost the only sin which may be indulged, and a profession of religion at the same time supported.
If a man be a drunkard, a fornicator, and adulterer, or a liar; if he rob his neighbor, oppress the poor, or deal unjustly, he must give up his pretenses to religion; or if not, his religious connections, if they are worthy of being so denominated, will give him up: but he may love the world, and the things of the world, and at the same time retain his character.
Taken from the book The Backslider: His Nature, Symptoms, and Recovery by Andrew Fuller 1754-1815
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| Taken from the book The Prayer of a Broken Heart: Expository Discourses on Psalm 51 by Robert Candlish 1873 |
