Grace

God’s Love and God’s Wrath

March 10, 2011 · Posted in Grace, Love, Wrath

The Bible speaks of the wrath of God in high-intensity language. “The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war. … Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. … See, the day of the Lord is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make [...]

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I Am Not What I Once Was

January 31, 2011 · Posted in Grace, Newton

I am not what I ought to be. Ah, how imperfect and deficient! I am not what I wish to be. I abhor what is evil, and I would cleave to what is good! I am not what I hope to be. Soon, soon shall I put off mortality, and with mortality all sin and [...]

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Grace Infinite and Everlasting

November 4, 2010 · Posted in Bonar, Grace, Salvation

We often feel as if grace had done its utmost when it has carried us safely through the desert, and set us down at the gate of the kingdom. We feel as if, when grace has landed us there, it has done all for us that we are to expect. But God’s thoughts are not [...]

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Sinclair Ferguson on Grace

April 28, 2010 · Posted in Ferguson, Grace

Dr. Sinclair Ferguson was recently interviewed by the editors at Reformation Trust on the release of his new book titled By Grace Alone. These are some excerpts from that interview… There are many reasons, but usually they involve three things. First, we have such a low sense of the holiness of God and we are [...]

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A Necessary Preparation

January 31, 2010 · Posted in Grace, Justification, Owen

No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight in heaven who does not, in some measure, behold it by faith in this world. Grace is a necessary preparation for glory and faith for sight. —John OwenThe Glory of Christ Via: Of First Importance

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Freedom from Self-Preservation

November 20, 2009 · Posted in Assurance, Grace, Salvation

Peter denied Jesus, to preserve himself physically (Mark 14:66-72). Later he denied the gospel, to preserve himself socially (Galatians 2:11-21). But by the time he wrote his first letter, his heart had been set free: “I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in [...]

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The Covenant of Grace

October 21, 2009 · Posted in Boston, Grace, Salvation

As a narrow vessel cannot contain the ocean, so neither can the finite creature comprehend the infinite good: but no measure shall be set to the enjoyment, but what ariseth from the capacity of the creature. So that, although there be degrees of glory, yet all shall be filled. . . God will be all [...]

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