And now for the latest installment of Great Quotes Emily Has Collected (which happen to all come from the Membership Seminar I attended today for Emmanuel Presbyterian).
"There is not an inch of any sphere of life of which Jesus Christ the Lord does not say, 'Mine.'"
-(Abraham Kuyper)
"The God who is worthy to be known and served for who he is, is himself the answer to this world's longings. And those who know him best are best equipped to serve him. He is their message. If we have discovered the glory of God in the face of Christ, we must not hold back. The God of glory must be made known."
-(Tom Wells)
"What matters supremely, therefore, is no, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it - the fact that he knows me."
-(J.I. Packer)
"Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image of Christ' must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings."
-(J.C. Ryle)
"Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world."
-(Francis Shaeffer)
"There is only one safeguard against error, and that is to be established in the faith; and for that, there has to be prayerful and diligent study, and a receiving with meekness the engrafted Word of God."
-(A.W. Pink)
"in essentials,
unity;
in non-essentials,
liberty;
in all things,
charity."
-(R. Meldenius?)
"It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God."
-(George Whitfield)
"We can find our firm foundation in a covenant contracted among the three Persons of the Triune God, even before time began. This plan to rescue and recreate damaged and guilty bearers of the divine image was initiated by the Father to be executed by the Son, and to be applied by the Spirit to those very persons on whose behalf the Son would keep covenant."
-(Dennis Johnson)
"While we do not get a
better Christ
in the sacraments
than in the Word,
sometimes we get
Christ better."
-(Robert Bruce)
"The moral absolutes rest upon God's character. The moral commands he has given to men are an expression of his character. Men as created in his image are to live by choice on the basis of what God is. The standards of morality are determined by what conforms to his character, while those things which do not conform are immoral."
-(Francis Shaeffer)
"Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts of duty. It can be done only when spontaneous affections arise in the heart."
-(John Piper)
"To pretend to homage to God, and intend only the advantage of self, is rather to mock him than worship him. When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather that God glorified, we set God below ourselves, imagine that he should submit his own honor to our advantage: we make ourselves more glorious than God."
-(Stephen Charnock)
"The bread that is spoiling in your house belongs to the hungry. The shoes that are mildewing under your bed belong to those who have none. The clothes stored away in your trunk belong to those who are naked."
-(Basil the Great)... my new favorite quote.
"It's not what you do with the million if fortune should ere be your lot, but what you are doing at present with the dollar and quarter you got."
-(Author Unknown)
"It's clear that in the days of the apostles, it was the universal practice to receive believers into the visible church. It's possible that a true believer, because of some unusual circumstances, may fail to unite with the church. One may, for instance, believe in Christ and die before receiving baptism, or joining a local church. But such instances are exceptional. The Scriptural rule is that while membership is not a prerequisite for salvation, it is a necessary consequence of salvation."
-(R.B. Kuiper)
"Fundamentally, our Lord's message was himself.
He did not come merely to preach a gospel;
he himself is that gospel.
He did not come merely to give bread;
he said 'I am the bread.'
He did not come merely to shed light;
he said, 'I am the light.'
He did not come merely to show the door;
he said, 'I am the door.'
He did not come merely to name a shepherd;
he said, 'I am the Shepherd.'
He did not come merely to point the way;
he said, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life.'"
-(J. Sidlow Baxter)
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