Christ has paid the full price for our redemption, but our walk with God on a daily basis will cost us much. Are we willing, cheerfully, to pay the cost?
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
Salvation
He Became a Curse For Us – Richard Sibbes
He became not only a man but a curse, a man of sorrows, for us. He was broken that we should not be broken; he was troubled, that we should not be desperately troubled; he became a curse, that we should not be accursed.
– Richard Sibbes –
from The Bruised Reed, 1630
The great desire of the converted – Joseph Alleine
Before conversion, the man made light of Christ, minded his farm, friends, merchandise, more than Christ; now, Christ is to him as his necessary food, his daily bread, the life of his heart, the staff of his life. His great desire is, that Christ may be magnified in him.
– Joseph Alleine –
from A Sure Guide to Heaven, 1671
Beginning of Salvation – Martin Luther
The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.
– Martin Luther –
Confess Our Sins – Alan Redpath
It’s Satan’s delight to tell me that once he’s got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.
– Alan Redpath –
Do you mourn over or repent of your sin? – Matthew Henry
Many mourn for their sins that do not truly repent of them, weep bitterly for them, and yet continue in love and league with them.
– Matthew Henry –
The only deal on the table – Alan Vincent
Jesus has no intention of helping anyone live a better life. He only had one intention and that is to totally kill you. And then live in your place. That is the only deal on the table.
– Alan Vincent –
The seriousness of sin – Tony Reinke
Christ’s blood reveals the seriousness of our sin. We insurrected the king. We defiled His glory. We deserve His wrath, and Christ absorbed it.
– Tony Reinke –
Jesus and Jesus Alone – Count Zinzendorf
I have but one passion: It is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ.
– Count Nicolaus Ludwn Zinzendorf –