Cameron

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Maybe the greatest quote on the incarnation I’ve ever seen.

[Cameron @briggs_c7]

“We know of no other way by which to keep the love of the world out of our hearts than to keep in our hearts the love of God.” - Thomas Chalmers

[Puritan Gold @PuritanGold]

It is of trembling consideration, how many thousands of families, amongst us, are mere nurseries for hell, parents bring forth and breeding up children for the devil; not one word of God (except in blasphemy or profaneness) to be heard among them.

—John Flavel, Works 3:219

[Cameron @briggs_c7]

“when we have even worn out our tongues, in ascribing praises to him, alas! We have done nothing, when all is done.

-John Flavel

[Cameron @briggs_c7]

“Alas! I write his praises but by moonlight; I cannot praise him so much as by halves. Indeed, no tongue but his own…is sufficient to undertake that task. What shall I say of Christ? The excelling glory of that object dazzles all apprehension, swallows up all expression…

[Cameron @briggs_c7]

“When we have borrowed metaphors from every creature that hath any excellency or lovely property in it, till we have stript the whole creation bare of all its ornaments, and clothed Christ with all that glory;

[Christian Quotes @ReformedPastors]

If we are perplexed by an apparent contradiction in Scripture, it is not allowable to say, 'The author of this book is mistaken'; but either the manuscript is faulty, or the translation is wrong, or you have not understood.

Augustine

[J.C. Ryle @JCRyle]

Are You Ready For The New Year? By J.C. Ryle

I ASK you a plain question at the beginning of a new year: Are you ready?

It is a solemn thing to part company with the old year. It is a still more solemn thing to begin a new one. It is like entering a dark passage: we know not what we may meet before the end. All before us is uncertain: we know not what a day may bring forth, much less what may happen in a year. Reader, are you ready?

Are you ready for sickness? You cannot expect to be always well. You have a body fearfully and wonderfully made: it is awful to think how many diseases may assail it.

Pain and weakness are a hard trial. They can bow down the strong man and make him like a child. They can weary the temper and exhaust the patience, and make men cry in the morning, "Would God it were evening," and in the evening, "Would God it were morning." All this may come to pass this very year. Your reason may be shattered,-your senses may be weakened, your nerves may be unstrung: the very grasshopper may become a burden. Reader, if sickness comes upon you, are you ready?

Are you ready for affliction? "Man," says the Scripture, "is born to sorrow." This witness is true. Your property may be taken from you, your riches may make themselves wings and flee away, your friends may fail you, your children may disappoint you, your servants may deceive you; your character may be assailed, your conduct may be misrepresented: troubles, annoyances, vexations, anxieties, may surround you on every side, like a host of armed men; wave upon wave may burst over your head; you may feel worn and worried, and crushed to the dust. Reader, if affliction comes upon you, are you ready?

Are you ready for bereavements? No doubt there are those in the world that you love. There are those whose names are graven on your heart, and round whom your affections are entwined: there are those who are the light of your eyes, and the very sunshine of your existence. But they are all mortal: any one of them may die this year. Before the daisies blossom again, any one of them may be lying in the tomb. Your Rachel may be buried,-your Joseph may be taken from you,-your dearest idol may be broken: bitter tears and deep mourning may be your portion. Before December you may feel terribly alone. Reader, if bereavement comes upon you, are you ready?

Are you ready for death? It must come some day: it may come this year. You cannot live always. This very year may be your last. You have no freehold in this world,-you have not so much as a lease: you are nothing better than a tenant at God's will. Your last sickness may come upon you, and give you notice to quit,-the doctor may visit you, and exhaust his skill over your case,-your friends may sit by your bedside, and look graver and graver every day: you may feel your own strength gradually wasting, and find something saying within, "I shall not come down from this bed, but die." You may see the world slipping from beneath your feet, and all your schemes and plans suddenly stopped short. You may feel yourself drawing near to the coffin, and the grave, and the worm, and an unseen world, and eternity, and God. Reader, if death should come upon you, are you ready?

Are you ready for the Second Coming of Christ? He will come again to this world one day. As surely as He came the first time, 1800 years ago, so surely will He come the second time. He will come to reward all His saints, who have believed in Him and confessed Him upon earth. He will come to punish all His enemies,-the careless, the ungodly, the impenitent, and the unbelieving. He will come very suddenly, at an hour when no man thinketh: as a thief in the night. He will come in terrible majesty, in the glory of His Father, with the holy angels. A flaming fire shall go before Him. The dead shall be raised,-the judgment shall be set,-the books shall be opened! Some shall be exalted into heaven: many, very many, shall be cast down to hell. The time for repentance shall be past. Many shall cry, "Lord, Lord, open to us!" but find the door of mercy closed forever. After this there will be no change. Reader, if Christ should come the second time this year, are you ready?

O reader, these are solemn questions! They ought to make you examine yourself. They ought to make you think. It would be a terrible thing to be taken by surprise. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

“Christ the babe is Lord of all!”

[Cameron @briggs_c7]

Jesus, lover of my soul,
let me to thy bosom fly,
while the nearer waters roll,
while the tempest still is high;
hide me, O my Savior, hide,
till the storm of life is past;
safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at last!

[From the Heart of Spurgeon @ReadingSpurgeon]

He that made heaven and earth, lay in the grave. He who gave light to angels’ eyes, lay in the darkness three days. He slept in the darkness there. He without whom was not anything made that was made, was given up to death, and lay a victim of death there. Oh, wonder of wonders! Marvel of marvels! He, who had immortality and life within himself, yields himself up to the place of death!

#Spurgeon #s1081

[J.C. Ryle @JCRyle]

You can talk about religious experience all you want but without doctrinal roots it will whither and die. -@JCRyle

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

"Everything that has to do with the Son of God is a fit subject for the deepest study."

— Charles Spurgeon

[J.C. Ryle @JCRyle]

No worldly man can think much about Christ unless Christ is pressed upon his notice, because he has no affections for Him. The true Christian has thoughts about Christ everyday that he lives, for this one simple reason: he loves Him. @JCRyle

[The Master's Seminary @MastersSeminary]

"To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever." – Jude 24-25

[Noah Herrin @NoahHerrin]

Jesus loves you.

[Brendon Johnson @BrendonJohnsonn]

broken crayons can still color

just as broken people can still be used by God

[Michala @Michalawhite_]

Don’t know what to pray about tonight?

Here’s a list:

- That God would check your heart & reveal things to you that you need to let go of.

- For people losing loved ones. This grief is different. The goodbyes are different.

- That the gospel would spread supernaturally.

[jessica 🫶🏻 @_jessicalee_j]

i pray when the worlds judgements and standards overwhelm you, you remember Who you belong to. you are fearfully and wonderfully made. you are seen, heard, loved, and have purpose through Him.

[Matt Brown @evangelistmatt]

The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.

-Max Lucado