To be in Christ is the source of the Christian’s life; to be like Christ is the sum of his excellence; to be with Christ is the fullness of his joy. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, 317. Charles Hodge
As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the congregation or meeting place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, 2:215. John […]
The excellency of Christ is such, that the discovery of it is exceedingly contenting and satisfying to the soul. The inquiry of the soul is after that which is most excellent. The carnal soul imagines that earthly things are excellent; one thinks riches most excellent, another […]
Great is the importance of Christ’s death We must all see, on a moment’s reflection, that without a real death there could be no real sacrifice; that without a real death there could be no real resurrection; and that without a real death and real resurrection, […]
Christ was in the greatest degree of His humiliation in His dying on the cross, and yet by that, above all other things, His divine glory appears. Christ’s humiliation was great, in being born in such a low condition, of a poor virgin, and in a […]