a journal about life in the shadow of the cross of Christ...
Our justification is the direct result of our believing the gospel; our knowledge of our own justification comes from believing God’s promise of justification to every one who believes these glad tidings. For there is not only the divine testimony, but there is the promise annexed to it, assuring eternal life to every one who [...]
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If God is willing that Christ should represent us, who are we, that we should refuse to be represented by Him? If God is willing to deal with us on the footing of Christ’s obedience, and to reckon that obedience to us as if it had been our own, who are we, that we should [...]
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In the last days many shall be as “clouds without water, carried about of winds.” And this is one of the special perils of these “perilous times.” The winds are let loose, and are now performing their awful work of tossing hither and thither these empty clouds. Hence the instability that prevails. Men are “carried [...]
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Upon a Life I have not lived, Upon a Death I did not die, Another’s Life; Another’s Death: I stake my whole eternity. Not on the tears which I have shed; Not on the sorrows I have known: Another’s tears; Another’s griefs; On them I rest, on them alone. —Horatius BonarChrist For Us
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Faith is not our saviour. It was not faith that was born at Bethlehem and died on Golgotha for us. It was not faith that loved us, and gave itself for us; that bore our sins in its own body on the tree; that died and rose again for our sins. Faith is one thing, [...]
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