UNION WITH CHRIST Abide in me and I in you – John 15:4 I in them – John 17:26 Union is the ground of communion. – John Trapp Union with Christ entitles to all that is his. – Elisha Coles Take away union and there is no communion. – John Flavel … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 23 March
REPENTANCE AND PARDON Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. – Isaiah 55:7 Though God promise forgiveness to repenting sinners, yet God promiseth not tomorrow to … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 22 March
THE POWER AND THE WEAKNESS OF THE LAW OF GOD By the law is the knowledge of sin – Romans 3:20 What the law could not do – Romans 8:3 The law is light, lex ast lux {law is light} – Thomas Adams The law may express sin but it cannot suppress sin. – Tomas … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 21 March
Original posted on March 20, 2017 by https://secretangelps911.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/forgiving-is-not-forgetting/comment-page-1/#comment-22931 As victims of abuse… many make this mistake… trying to stay friends with abusers… but continued abuses we take. For we associate the need to forgive… with the belief that we need to forget. But when we pretend it didn’t happen… more abuses occur that we will … More FORGIVING—is Not Forgetting
UNFAITHFUL PREACHERS My preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom – 1 Corinthians 2:4 We are not fraudulent hucksters of God’s message – 2 Corinthians 2:17 (Weymouth) Concerning them that would lead you astray – 1 John 2:26 (RV.) He that is more frequently in his pulpit to his people, than he … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 19 March
March 19 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. 2 Corinthians 7:1 ]English Standard Version (ESV) by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become … More A Prayer about Being Claimed by God’s Promises
CHRIST THE HEAD The head of every man is Christ – 1 Corinthians 11:3 It is a destructive addition to add anything to Christ. – Richard Sibbes Though Christ’s coat was once divided, yet he will never suffer his crown to be divided. – Thomas Brooks DRUNKENNESS Be not drunk with wine, wherin … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 17 & 18 March
TEARS Put thou my tears into thy bottle – Psalm 56:8 Prayers and tears are the church’s armour. – John Boys Never did any man read his pardon with dry tears. – John Trapp Mary’s tears were more precious to Christ than her ointment. – Thomas Watson Taken from: The Puritans Day by Day … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 16 March
Are you going through the blues? Is your soul despondent? Do you have a melancholy spirit? These are all synonymous terms for a depressed person. Check out this book trailer concerning Lloyd-Jones below. His treatment on this subject has had a profound impact upon many decades to come. His treatment on the subject brought back … More D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Depression
HEAVEN AND SIN There shall in no wise enter into any thing that defileth – Revelation 21:27 In heaven they may feel the want of evil, but never the evil of want. – Edward Willan He that keeps earth by wrong cannot expect heaven by right. – William Gurnall They who are not made … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 03 March
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