Sum of All Commands
October 26, 2022•27 words
A perfect conformity of heart and life to God is the sum and substance of all the commands both of the Old and the New Testament. (147)
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The Way of Sanctification
September 26, 2022•70 words
Now, this way of sanctification is a very narrow way, for it lies over the neck of every lust and in the exercise of every grace: subduing the on and improving the other: dying daily and yet living daily; dying to sin and living to God. This is the way of sanctification! Oh, how few are there that walk in this way!
—Matthew Mead, 'The Almost Christian Discovered' pg. 122
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October 26, 2022•87 words
Alas! It is an infinite righteousness that must satisfy for us, for it is an infinite God that is offended by us. If ever your sin is pardoned, it is infinite mercy that must pardon it. If ever you are reconciled to God, it is infinite merit must do it. If ever your heart is changed and your state renewed, it is infinite power must effect it; and if ever you soul escapes hell and is saved at last, it is infinite grace must save it. (164)
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