If thou knewest the
whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should this profit
thee without the love and grace of
God? - Thomas à Kempis
There is no law in His Kingdom save the law of pure grace. That is why they come
from east and west to sit down with Abraham and
Isaac, while the sons of the
Kingdom are cast out; for the sons of the Kingdom have no place there unless
they are willing to sit down with all whom the Lord of the feast shall call, and
to receive His
mercy in exactly the same way as the publicans and sinners. -
Lesslie Newbigin
As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they
increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace flow more fully
and freely in its near approaches to the ocean of glory. - John Owen
Grace
burst forth spontaneously from the bosom of eternal love and rested not until it
had removed every impediment and found its way to the sinner's side, swelling
round him in full flow. Grace does away the distance between the sinner and God,
which sin had created. Grace meets the sinner on the spot where he stands; grace
approaches him just as he is. Grace does not wait till there is something to
attract it nor till a good reason is found in the sinner for its flowing to him.
It was free, sovereign grace when it first thought of the sinner; it was free
grace when it found and laid hold of him; and it is free grace when it hands him
up into glory. - Horatius Bonar
Grace
does require time and above all it requires sacrifice. That is the heart of
grace. You must give of yourself. You cannot win love by buying a few gifts now
and then, or saying a few kind words once in a while. I have exhorted some who
came to me with problems about their teenage children to try grace in
controlling their lives when law has been shown to be a failure. I have been
amused when they come back in a week or so and say, "It doesn’t work; I was nice
to him for two or three days and he still behaves as badly as ever." That is
much like the man who says to his wife when she asks him for some money, "Well,
what did you do with the ten dollars I gave you last year?" No, grace must take
time to create love, because it is love that controls. Until you have created
that attitude of love in the heart, you cannot possibly expect the result you
want. But the results in terms of obedience and direction are well worth all it
costs. - Ray C. Stedman
I
am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to
be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I
am. - John Newton
If thou knewest the
whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should this profit
thee without the love and grace of
God? - Thomas à Kempis
There is no law in His Kingdom save the law of pure grace. That is why they come
from east and west to sit down with Abraham and
Isaac, while the sons of the
Kingdom are cast out; for the sons of the Kingdom have no place there unless
they are willing to sit down with all whom the Lord of the feast shall call, and
to receive His
mercy in exactly the same way as the publicans and sinners. -
Lesslie Newbigin
As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they
increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace flow more fully
and freely in its near approaches to the ocean of glory. - John Owen
Grace
burst forth spontaneously from the bosom of eternal love and rested not until it
had removed every impediment and found its way to the sinner's side, swelling
round him in full flow. Grace does away the distance between the sinner and God,
which sin had created. Grace meets the sinner on the spot where he stands; grace
approaches him just as he is. Grace does not wait till there is something to
attract it nor till a good reason is found in the sinner for its flowing to him.
It was free, sovereign grace when it first thought of the sinner; it was free
grace when it found and laid hold of him; and it is free grace when it hands him
up into glory. - Horatius Bonar
Grace
does require time and above all it requires sacrifice. That is the heart of
grace. You must give of yourself. You cannot win love by buying a few gifts now
and then, or saying a few kind words once in a while. I have exhorted some who
came to me with problems about their teenage children to try grace in
controlling their lives when law has been shown to be a failure. I have been
amused when they come back in a week or so and say, "It doesn’t work; I was nice
to him for two or three days and he still behaves as badly as ever." That is
much like the man who says to his wife when she asks him for some money, "Well,
what did you do with the ten dollars I gave you last year?" No, grace must take
time to create love, because it is love that controls. Until you have created
that attitude of love in the heart, you cannot possibly expect the result you
want. But the results in terms of obedience and direction are well worth all it
costs. - Ray C. Stedman
I
am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to
be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I
am. - John Newton