The sacrifice of Christ is the only sacrifice that is upon its own account acceptable to God. The sacrifices that are of God’s appointment are either Christ, the true sacrifice, or the typical sacrifices under the Old Testament. A sacrifice is something offered to God, which […]
We ought to be humbled for our defects, and troubled for every failing in obedience; but we should not be discouraged, though multitudes of weaknesses be upon us, and many infirmities compass us about, in every duty we put our hand to: though we have no […]
Christ is Altogether Lovely Christ’s loveliness is transcending. He is more lovely than all created excellencies. If you compare Christ and other things, be they never so lovely, never so excellent and desirable; Christ carries away all loveliness from them; “He is (saith the apostle) before […]
It is not faith that saves, but faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in any other saviour, or in this or that philosophy or human conceit (Col. 2:16, 18, 1 Tim. 4:1), or in any other gospel than that of Jesus Christ and Him as crucified (Gal. […]
There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign of all, does not cry: “Mine!” —Abraham Kuyper Statement at the opening of the Free University of Amsterdam