it is Finished

the line between "get to work" and "simply rest" runs through the cross of Christ

[jamesdallen]

Religion’s true purpose is to get God to serve you; gospel faith’s purpose is to get your heart to serve Him!

Tim Keller

[jamesdallen]

When you beget, you beget something of the same kind as yourself. A man begets human babies, a beaver begets little beavers, and a bird begets eggs which turn into little birds. But when you make, you make something of a different kind from yourself. A bird makes a nest, a beaver builds a dam, a man makes a wireless set.

C.S. Lewis

[jamesdallen]

Morality may keep you out of jail but it takes the blood of Jesus to keep you out of hell.

Charles Spurgeon

[jamesdallen]

As surely as I deserve the penalty of hell for my sins, so certainly and truly have You cleared the road to heaven for me with your merit!

Valerius Herberger

[jamesdallen]

Genealogies are more than a family tree; they preach the tree of the cross by leading us through the generations up to the promised Seed and His death and resurrection.

Chad Bird

[jamesdallen]

On the seventh day He wanted them to busy themselves both with His Word and with the other forms of worship established by Him, so that we might give first thought to the fact that this nature was created chiefly for acknowledging and glorifying Him.

Martin Luther

[jamesdallen]

The dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. There are no ordinary people!

CS Lewis

[jamesdallen]

All of these good things have, for the most part, been lost through sin, and we, who have kept hardly a shadow of that realm, are today like a corpse of that first human being.

Martin Luther

[jamesdallen]

The minds of men arrive at foolish conclusions when they are determined to do their thinking about such lofty matters without the Word.

Martin Luther

[jamesdallen]

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Mark Twain

[jamesdallen]

Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted.

Martin Luther

[jamesdallen]

If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you, for He is the man to whom it all applies, every bit of it.

Martin Luther

[jamesdallen]

The existence of Babylon served as a necessary preparation for the bride’s marriage to the Lamb. The oppression and temptation of Babylon were the fire God used to refine the faith of the saints in order that they be prepared to enter the heavenly city.

Greg Beale

[jamesdallen]

If sin be such an evil that it requireth the death of Christ for its expiation, no wonder if it deserve our everlasting misery.

Richard Baxter

[jamesdallen]

The Bible is authoritative on everything of which it speaks. Moreover, it speaks of everything.

Cornelius Van Til

[jamesdallen]

Suffering is common for all. However, persecution, which is a form of suffering, can be avoided. All you have to do is compromise.

Voddie Baucham

[jamesdallen]

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

Charles Spurgeon