At the creation the morning stars sang together and all the children of God rejoiced. At the birth of Christ the multitude of heavenly hosts raised the jubilee of God’s good will. On the birthday of the church that church itself sings the wonderful works of God in myriad tones.
—Herman Bavinck
There is no partaking in the benefits of Christ without our sharing in his person, for the benefits are inseparable from his person.
—Herman Bavinck
The Lord Christ is my righteousness, my whole and perfect righteousness
—George Whitefield
A soul doth never glorify or honour Christ upon a discovery or sense of the eternal redemption he hath purchased for him, but it is in him a peculiar effect of the Holy Ghost as our comforter.
—John Owen
“If ye love Christ, show it, and show it by doing good to others, by laying yourself out to help others that Jesus may have joy of them.”
We want clothing, and Christ does not only give us clothing, but he gives himself to be our clothing, that we might put him on.
—Jonathan Edwards
Morality of itself, dear Sir, will never carry us to heaven; no, Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life.
—George Whitefield
Christ gives himself to his people to be all things to them that they need, and all things that make for their happiness.
—Jonathan Edwards
If he will bring to our remembrance the promises of Christ for our consolation, neither Satan nor man, sin nor world, nor death, shall interrupt our comfort.
—John Owen
“I commend to you the study of instructive books, but above all I commend the study of Christ. Let him be your library.”
– Charles Spurgeon
The application of Christ to us, for wisdom and sanctification, is not perfected in one single act, but rises by many, and slow degrees to its just perfection.
—John Flavel
“He who gets money without Christ is a beggar still.”
— Charles Spurgeon
*Boldness* with God by Christ is another privilege of our adoption.
—John Owen
God is both the purchaser and the price; for Christ, who is God, purchased these blessings for us, by offering up himself as the price of our salvation.
—Jonathan Edwards
“See to it that you look after the children that are in Christ Jesus.”
– Charles Spurgeon
In Christ. All strength to walk with God is from him.
—John Owen
The sons of God have a right and title to all, in that they are made heirs with Christ.
—John Owen
If the world has nothing to say against you, it is a pretty sure sign that God has not much to say for you, for if you do seek to live unto Christ Jesus, you must go against the current of the world.
—D. L. Moody
We should admire the love of Christ to men, that he has thus given himself to be the remedy for all their evil, and fountain of all good.
—Jonathan Edwards
“We practise believer s baptism, and baptize all who confess faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whether they are children or adults. Our enquiry as to fitness does not refer to age, but to faith.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“We practise believer s baptism, and baptize all who confess faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whether they are children or adults. Our enquiry as to fitness does not refer to age, but to faith.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“All of my sins have been forever obliterated by the blood of Christ.”
— Charles Spurgeon
You are enlisted under the banner of Christ – ‘Fear not, though the world, and the flesh, and the devil are set in array against you’.
—William Wilberforce
It is utterly impossible to make a man better without Christ, and that is what men are trying to do. They are trying to patch up this old Adam’s nature. There must be a new creation.
—D. L. Moody
If you are ever tempted to think any promise of the Word too large and that you must discount it, remember that Christ is risen and that therein you have a proof and illustration of the “exceeding greatness of the power to us-ward who believe.”
—R. A. Torrey
“Our one instrument as fishers for Christ is the gospel of the grace of God.”
– Charles Spurgeon
Christ is perfectly and completely applied to the soul in the first act for righteousness.
—John Flavel
“Let the morning break with thoughts of Christ, and let your last thought at night be sweetened with his presence.”
– Charles Spurgeon
Death may therefore have come into the world by a man; but the resurrection from the dead came also by a man (1 Cor. 15:21). Christ is Himself the resurrection and the life ( John 11:25).
—Herman Bavinck
Every ceremony is fulfilled in Christ. Sunday is the day of resurrection.
Under the Old Testament the pattern was first work, then rest– that is, the worship of God.
—Herman Bavinck