Faith alone (parts 1 and 2) May 31, 2008
Posted by brian in : R.C. Sproul , add a commentPart 1:
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Continual Repentance May 30, 2008
Posted by Eddie in : valley of Vision , add a commentO God of grace,
Thou hast imputed my sin to my substitute,
and hast imputed his righteousness
to my soul,
clothing me with a bridegroom’s robe,
decking me with jewels of holiness.
But in my Christian walk I am still in rags;
my best prayers are stained with sin;
my penitential tears are so much impurity;
my confessions of wrong are so many
aggravations of sin;
my receiving the Spirit is tinctured with
selfishness.
I need to repent of my repentance;
I need my tears to be washed;
I have no robe to bring to cover my sins,
no loom to weave my own righteousness;
I am always standing clothed in filthy garments,
and by grace am always receiving change of
raiment,
for thou dost always justify the ungodly;
I am always going into the far country,
and always returning home as a prodigal,
always saying, Father, forgive me,
and thou art always bringing forth
the best robe.
Every morning let me wear it,
every evening return in it,
go out to the day’s work in it,
be married in it,
be wound in death in it,
stand before the great white throne in it,
enter heaven in it shining as the sun.
Grant me never to lose sight of
the exceeding sinfulness of sin,
the exceeding righteousness of salvation,
the exceeding glory of Christ,
the exceeding beauty of holiness,
the exceeding wonder of grace.
Nothing But the Blood of Jesus May 30, 2008
Posted by RegeneratedSister in : Worship , 3commentsWhat can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon, this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Naught of good that I have done,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
St. Augustine…the Christian Hedonist???? May 30, 2008
Posted by brian in : Free Will , add a comment
“A man’s free-will, indeed, avails for nothing except to sin, if he knows not the way of truth; and even after his duty and his proper aim shall begin to become known to him, unless he also take delight in and feel a love for it, he neither does his duty, nor sets about it, nor lives rightly. Now, in order that such a course may engage our affections, God’s “love is shed abroad in our hearts” not through the free-will which arises from ourselves, but “through the Holy Ghost, which is given to us” (Romans 5:5).”
Seek Only Christ May 29, 2008
Posted by RegeneratedSister in : Spurgeon , 1 comment so farEarnestly I seek you.
Psalm 63:1 NIV
We want to feel that no gift is too great for Christ, though we give Him all we have and consecrate to Him all our time and ability, and sacrifice our very lives to Him. No suffering is too great to bear for the sake of the Crucified, and it is a great joy to be reproached for Christ’s sake. Then I charge you think nothing hard to which He calls you, nothing sharp that He bids you endure. As the knight of the olden time consecrated himself to the Crusade and wore the red cross on his arm so we, too, would face all foes for Jesus’ sake.
This day God’s Christ is still unknown to millions, and the precious blood cleanses not the nations. How long will you have it so? Shall we refuse our gifts, withhold our witness, and suffer the Lord to be dishonored? Oh, for a flash of the celestial fire! Oh, when shall the Spirit’s energy visit us again! When shall men put down their selfishness and seek only Christ? When shall they leave their strifes about trifles to rally around his cross! When shall we end the glorification of ourselves and begin to make Him glorious, even to the world’s end? God help us in this matter and kindle in our hearts the old consuming, heart-inflaming fire, which shall make men see that Jesus is all in all to us.
