Feast for the Soul » Watson http://feastforthesoul.com a journal about life in the shadow of the cross of Christ... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:24:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How to Fire the Arrows of Prayer http://feastforthesoul.com/2009/11/13/how-to-fire-the-arrows-of-prayer/ http://feastforthesoul.com/2009/11/13/how-to-fire-the-arrows-of-prayer/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:10 +0000 Todd http://feastforthesoul.com/?p=1094

When the arrow of a saint’s prayer is put into the bow of Christ’s intercession it pierces the throne of grace.

—Thomas Watson
A Body of Divinity

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Obedience must be in and through Christ. He hath made us accepted in the beloved (Ephesians 1:6). Not our obedience, but Christ’s merits procure acceptance. In every part of worship we must present Christ to God in the arms of our faith. Unless we serve God thus, in hope and confidence of Christ’s merits, we rather provoke Him than please Him. As, when king Uzziah would offer incense without a priest, God was angry with him, and struck him with leprosy (see II Chronicles 26:20); so, when we do not come to God in and through Christ, we offer up incense to Him without a priest; and what can we expect but severe rebukes?

—Thomas Watson
Obedience

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