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The Beatitudes
Filed under: Gospel, Matthew | Tags: Gospel, Matthew
Comments(4) 3 ”Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Our Future
Filed under: Eschatology, Gospel, Quotes | Tags: Death, Gospel, Life
Comments(1) “We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience…It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.” - Samuel Rutherford
Thomas Watson on Repentance
Filed under: Gospel, Quotes, Repentance | Tags: Quotes, Repentance
Comments(0) “Repentance is not arbitrary. It is not left to our choice whether or not we will repent, but it is an indispensable command. God has enacted a law in the High Court of heaven that no sinner shall be saved except the repenting sinner, and He will not break His own law.”
“There are two sorts of persons who will find it harder to repent than others: Those who have sat a great while under the ministry of God’s ordinances but grow no better. Those who have sinned frequently against the convictions of the Word, the checks of conscience, and the motions of the Spirit.”
“A piece of lead, while it is in the lump, can be put to no use, but melt it, and you may then cast it in to any mould, and it is made useful. So a heart that is hardened into a lump of sin is good for nothing, but when it is dissolved by repentance it is useful. A melting heart is fit to pray.”
“It is natural to us to procrastinate and put off repentance.”
Election and Evangelism
Filed under: Election, Evangelism, Gospel | Tags: Election, Evangelism, Gospel
Comments(0) “It is only election that gives us any hope of success as we evangelize. If God cannot call people to faith effectively, how can we? We cannot persuade them. But if God is working, then he can work in us even if we are inept witnesses. We do not know who God’s elect are, but we can find out who some of them are by telling them about Jesus….We can speak to them boldly because we know that God has promised to bless his Word.” - James Montogomery Boice
The Infinite Love of God
Filed under: Encouragement, Gospel, Quotes | Tags: Encouragement, Gospel, Quotes
Comments(6) “Behold the infinite love of God to mankind and the love of Jesus Christ that, rather than God see the children of men to perish eternally, He would send His Son to take our nature upon Him and thus suffer such dreadful things. Herein God shows His love….It pleased the Father to break His Son and to pour out His blood. Here is the love of God and of Jesus Christ. Oh, what a powerful, mighty, drawing, efficacious meditation this should be to us.” - Jeremiah Burroughs
