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Faith is full of good works. It believes as if it did not work, and it works as if it did not believe.
Thomas Watson
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The moral law requires obedience, but gives no strength (as Pharaoh required brick, but gave no straw), but the gospel gives strength; it bestows faith on the elect; it sweetens the law; it makes us serve God with delight.
The Ten Commandments, 44Law, Gospel0The Ten Commandments, 44
though the moral law be thus far abolished, it remains as a perpetual rule to believers. Though it be not their Saviour, it is their guide. Though it be not foedus, a covenant of life; yet it is norma, a rule of life. Every Christian is bound to conform to it; and to write, as exactly as he can after this copy. 'Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid.' Rom iii 31. Though a Christian is not under the condemning power of the law, yet he is under its commanding power.
The Ten Commandments, 44The Law0The Ten Commandments, 44
This I urge against Antinomians, who say the moral law is abrogated to believers; which, as it contradicts Scripture, so it is a key to open the door to all licentiousness. They who will not have the law to rule them, shall never have the gospel to save them.
The Ten Commandments, 44Law, Gospel, Antinomianism0The Ten Commandments, 44
Repentance causes a change in the affections, which move under the will as the commander-in-chief. It metamorphoses the affections. It turns rejoicing in sin into sorrowing for sin; it turns boldness in sin into holy shame; it turns the love of sin into hatred.
Ten Commandments, 207Repentance0Ten Commandments, 207
He shows mercy in restraining us from sin. Lusts within are worse than lions without. The greatest sign of God's anger is to give men up to their sins. 'So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust.' Psa lxxxi 12.
The Ten Commandments, 70God's Mercy, Lust0The Ten Commandments, 70
If you do not love God, you will love something else, either the world or sin; and are those worthy of your love? Is it not better to love God than these?
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/watson/cordial.ix.htmlLoving God0The duke of Silesia was so infatuated, that he affirmed, Neque inferos, neque superos esse; that there was neither God nor devil. We may see God in the works of his fingers. The creation is a great volume in which we may read a Godhead, and he must needs put out his own eyes that denies a God.
The Ten Commandments, 53Atheism, Creation0The Ten Commandments, 53
he who loves God, hates that which would separate between him and God, and that is sin.
The Ten Commandments, 8Loving God0The Ten Commandments, 8
Love facilitates religion. It oils the wheels of the affections, and makes them more lively and cheerful in God's service. Love takes off the tediousness of duty. Jacob thought seven years but little, for the love he bore to Rachel. Love makes duty a pleasure.
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/watson/cordial.ix.htmlLoving God0Love to God will never let sin thrive in the heart.
Sin, Loving God0The devil wants you to be as happy and prosperous as you can possibly be provided you don't make any difference for Jesus.
Faith0Any trust, except in God, brings about sin.
Future Grace (325)Faith0Future Grace (325)
A person deeply in love cannot keep his thoughts from the object he loves. The reason we think on God no more, is, because we love Him no more!
Thought, Reason, Love0"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed" (v. 6). Then as now, Christians become aware of the inadequacy of their faith when they are made responsible for leading others. As leaders, they face challenges greater than their faith. They hope for great faith, certainly greater faith than their followers. Surprisingly, Jesus does not require superior spiritual endowments of Christian leaders, even apostles, nor does he offer them such. He promises, rather, to be present in the smallness of their faith. A mustard seed is so small that, held in the palm of one's hand, it appears as a speck of dust, barely visible. The image of the mustard seed is another hyperbole, but the point is clear. Christians, even apostles, are distinguished not by the quantity of faith, but by the employment of faith; not by greatness or smallness of faith, but by acting on faith, even faith the size of a mustard seed.
Pillar Commentary, LukeFaith0Pillar Commentary, Luke
As the embankment keeps out the water, so the fear of the Lord keeps out uncleanness.
Fear of God1Prayer must be fired with zeal and fervency.
Prayer0What is prayer? It is an offering up of our desires to God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ.
Ten Commandments, 239Prayer0Ten Commandments, 239
The hypocrite deceives others while he lives, but deceives himself when he dies.
https://www.challies.com/a-la-carte/a-la-carte-may-9-2024/Hypocrisy, Death0Let us be content that God should rule the world; learn to acquiesce in his will, and submit to his providence. Does any affliction befall you? Remember God sees it is that which is fit for you, or it would not come. Your clothes cannot be so fit for you as your crosses. God's providence may sometimes be secret—but it is always wise; and though we may not be silent under God's dishonor—yet we should learn to be silent under his displeasure.
A Body of Divinity p. 125 Banner of TruthSuffering, Providence0A Body of Divinity p. 125 Banner of Truth
Few that are entangled in the sin of adultery, recover from the snare.
Adultery0The Christian's motto should not be 'Let go and let God' but 'Trust God and get going.
Faith0They who cast God's law behind their backs, God will cast their prayers behind his back. They who will not have the law to rule them, shall have the law to judge them.
The Ten Commandments, 13Antinomianism, The Law0The Ten Commandments, 13
Faith alone justifies, but justifying faith is not alone. Good works though they are not the causes of salvation, yet they are the evidences. Faith must not be built upon works, but works must be built upon faith
Gleanings, 24Works0Gleanings, 24
Christ is never loved till sin be loathed.
Christ, Sin0Faith is not believing in God; it's believing God.
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