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[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

Those who sell prosperity often blame Satan for every hardship because their teaching has no honest place for suffering under the wise providence of God. Once health, wealth, and visible success have been promised, every painful circumstance must be called a demonic attack. The blame stays outside us, while the corruption within us is left largely untouched.

Scripture does warn us that the devil is real and must be resisted (1 Peter 5:8–9). Yet James says, “Each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust” (James 1:14). Jesus also taught that evil proceeds “from within, out of the heart of men” (Mark 7:21). Satan may present the temptation, but our flesh desires what he offers.

Paul describes this war plainly: “The flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh” (Galatians 5:17). He then names immorality, idolatry, jealousy, anger, envy, drunkenness, and other sins as “the deeds of the flesh” (Galatians 5:19–21). He does not tell us to treat these sins as though they were merely demons to be shouted away. His command is, “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). Those who belong to Christ “have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24).

Christ did not shed His blood to guarantee us an easy life. He gave Himself to redeem us from lawlessness and purify a people for Himself (Titus 2:14). Any preacher who keeps you rebuking the devil while never teaching you to put your own sin to death is leaving the enemy within you untouched.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

The Christian gospel cannot be separated from the glorious truth that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Our salvation is not the work of an unnamed deity showing general kindness to sinners. It is the saving work of the triune God. The Father planned redemption, the Son accomplished redemption, and the Holy Spirit applies redemption to the hearts of God’s people.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing... He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:3-4).

The Father did not remain distant from our ruin. He sent His beloved Son into the world, not to offer vague spirituality, but to save sinners through His blood.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16).

The Son did not merely teach us a better way to live. He took flesh, obeyed perfectly, bore our sins, satisfied divine justice, rose from the dead, and brings His people to the Father.

“For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18).

The Holy Spirit does not stand outside salvation as a mere influence. He gives life, opens the heart, unites us to Christ, seals us, sanctifies us, and keeps bearing witness that we belong to God.

“He saved us... by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit” (Titus 3:5).

To lose the Trinity is not to lose a small doctrine for theologians to debate. It is to lose the very shape of the gospel itself. We come to the Father, through the Son, by the Holy Spirit.

“For through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father” (Ephesians 2:18).

From election to redemption, from new birth to sanctification, from perseverance to glory, our salvation rests in the undivided work of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The triune God does not merely give salvation. He is the God of our salvation.

[Ligonier Ministries @Ligonier]

“This life in Christ is good. Life in heaven is better.” —@RCSproul

From ‘Surprised by Suffering’

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

The church must recover her high and holy vision of God. Much of our weakness today comes from a small view of Him. We speak much about man, felt needs, culture, comfort, success, methods, platforms, and relevance, but too often we tremble little before the majesty of the living God.

Scripture does not begin with man at the centre. It begins with God. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). He is not a helper added to our lives. He is Creator, Lord, King, Judge, Redeemer, and the One before whom every soul must bow.

When Isaiah saw the Lord, he did not walk away entertained, casual, or self confident. He cried, “Woe is me, for I am ruined!” (Isaiah 6:5). A true vision of God humbles the sinner, purifies worship, kills pride, deepens repentance, and makes grace weighty again.

This is what the church desperately needs. Not a lighter God who is easier for modern man to accept, but the God of Scripture. Holy. Sovereign. Just. Merciful. Unchanging. Glorious. “Our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases” (Psalm 115:3).

If the church loses the greatness of God, everything else becomes shallow. Worship becomes performance. Preaching becomes advice. Prayer becomes routine. Sin becomes small. Grace becomes cheap. But when God is seen as He has revealed Himself, the church bows again, trembles again, worships again, and proclaims Christ with holy seriousness.

“The Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him” (Habakkuk 2:20).

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

Yesterday I cried with a man who lost his wife after 62 years of marriage and rejoiced with a woman whose husband is finally showing signs of conversion after several years of prayer.

Ministry is a glorious paradox.

It teaches us to mourn without despair and rejoice without pride, because both sorrow and salvation are held in the hands of the same faithful God.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

Beware of following Christ for anything other than Christ.

Secondary motives always corrupt true discipleship. Some follow for benefit, for comfort, for answers, for reputation, or even for escape. But when those things fade, so does their devotion. “You seek Me… because you ate of the loaves and were filled” (John 6:26).

Jesus does not call us to use Him, but to come to Him. “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). That is not built on gain, but on surrender.

True faith is not anchored in what we receive, but in who He is. “Whom have we in heaven but You? And besides You, we desire nothing on earth” (Psalm 73:25).

So we follow Him, not for what He gives, but because He is worthy.

If we follow Him at all, let it be for His own sake.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

Whatever your heart clings to and trusts in, that is truly your god.

The Bible makes this painfully clear. God commands, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Exodus 20:3). Yet idols are not only statues of wood or stone. Anything that captures the trust, affection, and dependence that belong to God alone becomes an idol of the heart.

Scripture warns us about this subtle danger. “Little children, guard yourselves from idols” (1 John 5:21). An idol can be wealth, reputation, pleasure, relationships, or even our own sense of control. Whatever we rely on for security and meaning begins to occupy the place that belongs to the Lord.

Jesus exposed this when He said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). The direction of the heart reveals the true object of worship.

That is why the gospel calls us to turn from idols to the living God. “You turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God” (1 Thessalonians 1:9). True faith dethrones the false gods of the heart and places Christ where He alone belongs.

[Christian Quotes @ReformedPastors]

There is no doctrine more excellent in itself or more necessary to be preached & studied, than the doctrine of Christ, and him crucified.

John Flavel

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“The nearer a man lives to God, the more intensely has he to mourn over his own evil heart.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Billy Graham @BillyGraham]

“Make it your goal to become more like Christ by refusing to let sin have its way, and pursuing instead that which is pure and good in the sight of God.” #BillyGraham

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

"Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds." (Psalm 36:5) #Alaska

[Biblical and Reformed @reformedhg]

As long as Christ sits on the throne, every day is a good day.

A.W. Tozer

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“I am a poor sinner still.
I have to look to Christ every day as I did at the very first.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Read the Bible carefully,
and then meditate
and meditate
and meditate.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[J.C. Ryle @JCRyle]

2025 RESOLUTION...

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“You must be divorced from your sin or you cannot be married to Christ.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Agbalenyo Elvis @AgbalenyoElvis]

@PhysInHistory The Bible first and science second

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“No man who merely skims the book of God can profit from it.
We must dig and mine until we obtain hidden treasure.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕒 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕕 🎚️ @sola_chad]

“May I never get over the fact that God saved a wretched sinner like me.” -Voddie Baucham ❤️✝️🙌🏼

[Trevor Sheatz @TrevorSheatz]

Five reasons you should read the Bible:

1. It will let you know God more.
2. It's the actual Word of God.
3. It will change you.
4. It will protect you from false teaching.
5. It will strengthen you to live a godly life.