Confession of Sin Endears Christ to the Soul.

Quote

Posted on
Reply

From DesiringGod.org.

Thomas Watson:

Confession of sin endears Christ to the soul. If I say I am a sinner, how precious will Christ’s blood be to me! After Paul has confessed a body of sin, he breaks forth into a gratulatory triumph for Christ: “I thank God through Jesus Christ” (Romans 7:25).

If a debtor confesses a judgment but the creditor will not exact the debt, instead appointing his own son to pay it, will not the debtor be very thankful? So when he confesses the debt, and that even though we should forever lie in hell we cannot pay it, but that God should appoint his own Son to lay down his blood for the payment of our debt, how is free grace magnified and Jesus Christ eternally loved and admired!

The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668, (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth Trust, 2009), 35.

Bonhoeffer on cheap grace:

Posted on
Reply
Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate… Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace.

Tozer on treasuring God.

Posted on
Reply

“The man who has God for his treasure has all things in One. Many ordinary treasures may be denied him, or if he is allowed to have them, the enjoyment of them will be so tempered that they will never be necessary to his happiness. Or if he must see them go, one after one, he will scarcely feel a sense of loss, for having the Source of all things he has in One all satisfaction, all pleasure, all delight. Whatever he may lose he has actually lost nothing, for he now has it all in One, and he has it purely, legitimately and forever.”

A.W. Tozer (The Pursuit of God)

Blogging without a bible.

Posted on
Reply

Blogging without a bible is dangerous.

Is it easier? Definitely. And it’s all over Tumblr.

The Tumblr format of blogging is very beneficial if you want to connect with a lot of people fast. I often read some very good, insightful posts from folks on Tumblr, along with encouraging verses and quotes. But way too often my dashboard is bombarded with “Christian” posts, answers, and thoughts that are absolutely Christless.

I wonder where the conviction to upholding God’s Word is.

On what authority do you pretend to stand?

Do you actually think you have something good to say apart from Scripture?

Blogging with Scripture IS harder. But the Word of God is our life source. It is where all authority is in our lives. We MUST hold it in high esteem – especially when we claim Christian values in our blogging!

Don’t take the easy, opinionated way out.

“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful” (God, Joshua 1:8).

“So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it” (God, Isaiah 55:11).

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?” (Jesus, John 5:46-47).