Jesus Christ
If we would have a strong foundation for our faith and hope, we must keep constantly in view our Saviour’s divinity… If we would have sweet comfort in suffering and trial, we must keep constantly in view our Saviour’s humanity. [JCRC – Mat 1]
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It is easy for us to esteem Christ too little and ourselves too much; but it is not possible for us to think too much of him, and too little of ourselves. [ROOS]
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By his two natures Christ is equal with God in glory and authority, and equal with man in lowliness and suffering. None is higher –none is humbler. [ROOS]
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The reason the Jews rejected Christ when he came was because they could ‘see neither form nor beauty in him why should he be desired’. So none will remain constantly faithful to Christ who is not able to spiritually discern the glory of his person and his offices. [AFTG]
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The greater your sins are, the more you stand in need of a Saviour. The greater your burden is, the more you stand in need of one to help to bear it. The deeper the wound is, the more need there is of the surgeon; the more dangerous the disease is, the more need there is of the physician. [PRASD]
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If an artist should give to the church a perfect likeness of our Saviour, as he appeared in the days of his flesh, he might indeed lead many into idolatry; but he would render no real service to any true believer. [ROOS]
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If a dying Saviour could redeem, a living Saviour can give the victory. [ROOS]
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Cursed is the person who encourages you to come to Christ and allows you to think that you can still indulge one sin in your life. [TGOC]
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Your strength to stand and overcome must not be expected from graces received, but from the fresh and renewed influences of heaven. You must lean more upon Christ than upon your duties; you must lean more upon Christ than upon your spiritual tastes and discoveries: you must lean more upon Christ than upon your graces, or else Satan will lead you into captivity. [PRASD]
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God accepts our prayers, though weak, because we are his own children, and they come from his own Spirit; because they are according to his own will; and because they are offered in Christ’s mediation, and he takes them and mingles them with his own incense. [TBR]