Jesus is the real man, or, in Martin Luther’s expression “The Proper Man.” He is “man as he was created to be” and “the man who fulfills man’s destiny.”
Alistair Begg/Sinclair Ferguson
Category: Jesus
Sin-Hating
“The man who knows that Jesus shed his blood for him, and has had that blood applied to his conscience, becomes a sin-hating man, consecrated to Him who cleansed him. . . . Those who are debtors for salvation to their dying Lord should be the most holy of men.”
Charles Spurgeon
Slightest Atom
“There is not . . . the slightest atom of saving power anywhere but in the blood of Jesus. That blood has the only power to save, and anything else that you rely upon shall be a refuge of lies.”
Charles Spurgeon
His Hold
“It is not your hold of Christ that saves you; it is His hold of you.”
Charles Spurgeon
Preciousness
“You cannot put an estimate upon it [the blood of Christ] that would so much as reach to a millionth part of its preciousness.”
Charles Spurgeon
A Child is Born
Under the influence of the Spirit of God, Isaiah the prophet spoke these words, Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14 ESV) For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6 ESV) Continue reading
Fundamental Identity
“God created you to be a lover of God, to enjoy him, to delight in him, to be enthralled and entranced with him, to be excited and exhilarated with the revelation of himself in Jesus. In other words, God created you for the first and greatest commandment, to be a lover of God. This, above all else, is your fundamental identity.”
Sam Storms
His Beauty
“God is most glorified in you . . . when you are most pleased and satisfied and at rest in the plenitude of his beauty that can be seen in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Sam Storms