Written by Steve Pruitt
So undeserved
Yet elect by your love
So undeserved
Yet chosen
So undeserved
Yet called by your grace
So undeserved
Yet chosen
So undeserved
Yet washed by your blood
So undeserved
Yet chosen
So underserved
Yet promised a home
So undeserved
Yet chosen
Romans 5:8; 1 Peter 1:1-2, 18-19; Ephesians 1:4-6; John 14:3
Therefore the Christian heart, since it has been thoroughly persuaded that all things happen by God’s plan, and that nothing takes place by chance, will ever look to him as the principal causes of things, yet will give attention to the secondary causes in their proper place.
John Calvin
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 (ESV)
In John 3:3-5, Jesus was saying to Nicodemus that a person must be born of water (into this world, flesh) and be born again (or from above) by the Holy Spirit. Upon repentance of sin (Acts 2:38; 3:19) and belief on Jesus (John 3:16) the Holy Spirit brings a new birth and with it a new creation or creature (2 Corinthians 5:17). A person must have this born again experience to see, enter or participate in the kingdom of God. Those who have been born again have been delivered from the kingdom of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of God (Colossians 1:3). Continue reading
The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.
John Owen
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
Jonathan Edwards
“If the Christian life has become the path of ease in the modern west, then corporate worship is the place of increasing entertainment. The problem is not a battle between contemporary worship music and hymns; the problem is that there aren’t enough martyrs during the week. If no soldiers are perishing, what you want on Sunday is Bob Hope and some pretty girls, not the army chaplain and a surgeon.”
John Piper
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” John 3:3-5 (ESV)
In John 3:3-5, Jesus was saying to Nicodemus that a person must be born of water (into this world, flesh) and be born again (or from above) by the Holy Spirit. Upon repentance of sin (Acts 2:38; 3:19) and belief on Jesus (John 3:16) the Holy Spirit brings a new birth and with it a new creation or creature (2 Corinthians 5:17). A person must have this born again experience or they will not be allowed to see, enter or participate in the kingdom of God. Continue reading
“The church that can’t worship must be entertained. And men who can’t lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.”
A.W. Tozer
