TRUSTWORTHY
SAYINGS
BREAD
15 Here
is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. 16 But
for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners,
Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who
would believe on him and receive eternal life. 17 Now
to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for
ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:15-17
(NIV)
8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness
has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the
life to come. 9 This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full
acceptance 10 (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put
our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of
those who believe. 1 Timothy 4:8-10
(NIV)
11 Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we
will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him,
he will also disown us; 13 if
we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 2 Timothy 2:11-13 (NIV)
8 This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress
these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote
themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for
everyone. Titus 3:8 (NIV)
21 So I find this law at work: When I want to do good,
evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23 but
I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law
of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my
members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this
body of death? 25 Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself
in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law
of sin. 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who
are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of
life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For
what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature,
God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin
offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in
order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who
do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. Romans
7:21- 8:4 (NIV)
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes
from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever
does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This
is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the
world that we might live through him. 10 This
is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an
atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John
4:7-10 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Beware
when the cross and the empty tomb cannot compete with March Madness and The
Masters. See
the cross. See who was hanging there, why he had to die, and why he couldn’t
stay dead. Sin is worse than we think. The good news is better than you
imagine. Jesus lived. Jesus died. Jesus lives again. Christ arose. Christ
reigns. Christ will return. We have sinned. We will die. We can live again. Let
us not tire of singing the same old songs. Let us not be bored in preaching the
same good news. And let us never grow weary of the old rugged cross.” Kevin
DeYoung
“Taking a stand for Christ is increasingly unpopular in our pagan
and pluralistic society. If you believe that God created the world, that
He is a God of both love and holiness, that Jesus died and rose again for our
sins and is the only way to heaven, and
that we have a responsibility to take that message to a needy world –
those beliefs will vilify you in many segments of our society. Our world
is determined to intimidate, marginalize, and silence Christians. But our
goal isn’t popularity; it’s to know Him and make Him known. We shouldn’t
be needlessly offensive, but we shouldn’t be afraid of the ‘offense of the
cross’. These are exciting days in which to bear a witness for our
Savior!” Robert J. Morgan
“‘We are the same as the
world’ is not the Christian motto. We do
not champion a powerless grace. To do so
excuses the idle in the church to ignore holiness. It belittles the power of the gospel to save
sinners from their sin. And it dismisses
the work and power of the Holy Spirit to make us holy. It tempts us to take our lamps down from atop
the hill, normalizes the loss of our saltiness, and removes shining stars from
a morally vacuous sky. We do not need more
wicked-as-the-world trophies of His pardon.
We need men, women, and children who were wicked as the world but are
now trophies of His power.” Greg Morse
“One great hindrance to holiness in the ministry of the word is that we are prone to preach and write without pressing into the things we say and making them real to our own souls. Over the years words begin to come easy, and we find we can speak of mysteries without standing in awe; we can speak of purity without feeling pure; we can speak of zeal without spiritual passion; we can speak of God’s holiness without trembling; we can speak of sin without sorrow; we can speak of heaven without eagerness. And the result is an increasing hardening of the spiritual life.” John Piper
“When a person sees the excellence of the gospel, he senses the beauty and loveliness of the divine scheme of salvation. His mind is convinced that it is of God, and he believes it with all his heart. The light of the gospel is the glory of Christ, his holiness and beauty. Clearly, it is this divine light, shining into our hearts, that enables us to see the beauty of the gospel and have a saving belief in Christ. This supernatural light shows us the superlative beauty and loveliness of Jesus, and convinces us of His sufficiency as our Saviour. Only such a glorious, majestic Saviour can be our Mediator, standing between guilty, hell-deserving sinners such as ourselves, and an infinitely holy God. This supernatural light gives us a sense of Christ that convinces us in a way nothing else ever could.” Jonathan Edwards
“Total surrender
to ‘the love of Christ’ is the only thing that will bear fruit in your
life. And it will always leave the mark
of God’s holiness and His power, never drawing attention to your personal
holiness.” Oswald
Chambers
“The nature of Christ’s salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived…there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of Fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness.” A. W. Pink
HEART SAVOR
·
Jesus came into the world both to save sinners (which is
everyone) and to demonstrate to the saved how to live.
·
Godliness has great value for all things.
·
In Christ we are changed – the old has gone the new has
come. All this is from God.
