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Christians care about all suffering, especially eternal suffering. Else they have a defective heart or a flameless hell.
(Lasaunne conference)Suffering0(Lasaunne conference)
You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true.
Chosen by God, p. 12Preaching0Chosen by God, p. 12
The pain of our shattered plans is for the purpose of scattered grace.
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God(106)Suffering0Suffering and the Sovereignty of God(106)
God is never, never, never obligated to be merciful to sinners. That is the point we must stress if we are to grasp the full measure of God's grace.
Chosen by God (26)Mercy0Chosen by God (26)
we live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.
"Burning Hearts Are Not Nourished by Empty Heads", Christianity Today (Sep 3 1982)Truth0"Burning Hearts Are Not Nourished by Empty Heads", Christianity Today (Sep 3 1982)
The law we are called to obey is a law that comes from Him. It is His law. It is a law that defines a relationship— the relationship between the Creator and the creature, between the sovereign and the vassal, between the King and His subjects. Not only is it His law in the sense that it comes from Him, but most significantly, it is a law that comes from and reflects His own character. It reveals and displays His righteousness, and therefore, it makes known what righteousness is. Notice that order. It is not that we first have a sense of righteousness and then we see that God conforms to it. Rather, first there is God in His perfect character, who is the standard of righteousness, and all righteousness is the revelation of who He is.
How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?The Law, God's Nature0How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?
The fourth commandment reads, "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Ex. 20:8). Note that it does not say, "From this point on, the Sabbath should be regarded as holy." Instead, it says to remember that it is already holy; the command is simply to keep it that way
How Does God\'s Law Apply To Me?Sabbath, The Lord's Day0How Does God\'s Law Apply To Me?
Most of us have heard the idea that you can't legislate morality. But this is actually a nonsensical statement. If we mean to say that the government shouldn't be involved in passing legislation that curbs, restrains, or restricts human behavior or morality, there would be nothing left for Congress to do except assign names to government buildings.
How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?Government, Morality0How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?
Do you wonder about the trials in your life? Well let me just let you know the purpose of them is to cut away everything in your life, so that Jesus does become your life, and it's worth it.
Suffering0God is a law unto Himself. This differs from the idea that God is ex lex in that the behavior of God is never lawless. The actions of God are always in conformity to the law of God's own nature and character, which is inherently righteous and eternally holy. All of His actions come forth according to who He is.
How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?The Law, God's Nature0How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?
Faith is not believing in God; it's believing God.
Faith0When I think I am unfairly hated, I try to remember that I am unfairly loved.
Hatred, Love0To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.
God's Love0For a work to be considered good it must not only conform outwardly to the law of God, but it must be motivated inwardly by a sincere love for God
Chosen by God, 107Works0Chosen by God, 107
Those who know true joy in the midst of suffering are those who recognize that, in this life, our suffering is never as great or as serious as our sins.
Humility: True Greatness (Chapter 11)Suffering0Humility: True Greatness (Chapter 11)
As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with them.
Suffering0Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.
Knowing Scripture (Page 20)Bible0Knowing Scripture (Page 20)
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
Suffering0The fundamental problem in our lives is the problem of sin, and sin and evil are both defined in light of the law. The fall of Adam and Eve was a transgression against the law of God. Absolute wickedness in the Scriptures is associated with lawlessness (1 John 3:4). And the supreme manifestation of evil incarnate is the man of lawlessness (2 Thess. 2:8–10). So when we deal with questions about the law of God, we are not dealing with peripheral matters or tangential questions, but something that goes to the very core of our lives as human beings who are called to live coram Deo—before the face of God.
How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?The Law, Sin0How Does God\'s Law Apply to Me?
It's better to lose a thousand friends or a thousand relatives than to lose the Gospel,
Gospel, Loss0Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.
Suffering, Christ0The universe is no democracy. It is a monarchy. God himself has appointed his beloved Son as the preeminent King. Jesus does not rule by referendum, but by divine right. In the future every knee will bow before him, either willingly or unwillingly. Those who refuse to do so will have their knees broken with a rod of iron.
Jesus, Democracy, Lordship0Look rather at God's end in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.
Suffering0There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction.
Suffering0If there is no sanctification, it means that there never was any justification.
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