There can be no doubt …

“There can be no doubt whatsoever that all the troubles in the Church to-day, and most of the troubles in the world, are due to a departure from the authority of the Bible.”
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones

A caution to Watch Against Sin…

from Bunyan’s Pilgrims Progress

A caution to Watch Against Sin*
Rather than fail, SIN will it self divide,
Bid thee do this, and lay the rest aside.
Take little ones (’twill say) throw great ones by,
(As if for little Sins Men should not dy.)
Yea SIN with SIN a quarrel will maintain,
On purpose that THOU by it might’st be slain.
Beware the cheat then, keep it out of Door,
It would come in, and would go out no more.

Never, never be ashamed to …

“Never, never be ashamed to let men know you derive all your comfort from the atoning blood of Christ, and for His substitution for you on the cross. Cling to Christ, lastly: and make much of the old foundation truths concerning salvation by His blood. These are the old friends to which our souls will turn at last in the hour of our departure.”
– J. C. Ryle

God’s people …

“God’s people have no assurances that the dark experiences of life will be held at bay, much less that God will provide some sort of running commentary on the meaning of each day’s allotment of confusion, boredom, pain, or achievement. It is no great matter where we are, provided we see that the Lord has placed us there, and that He is with us.”
– John Newton

Psalm 56 (Psalm Sunday, Week 4)

Psalm Sunday
Week 4

Psalm 56
21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

“1) Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he, fighting daily, oppresseth me.
2) Mine enemies would daily swallow me up, for they are many that fight against me, O Thou Most High.
3) In the time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.
4) In God I will praise His word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5) Every day they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6) They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps as they lie in wait for my soul.
7) Shall they escape by iniquity? In Thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8) Thou countest my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: are they not in Thy book?
9) When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back! This I know, for God is for me.
10) In God will I praise His word; in the Lord will I praise His word.
11) In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12) Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render praises unto Thee.
13) For Thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt Thou not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?”

Psalm 55 (Psalm Sunday, Week 3)

Psalm Sunday
Week 3

Psalm 55
21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

“1) Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
2) Attend unto me and hear me; I mourn in my complaint and moan,
3) because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4) My heart is sorely pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5) Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6) And I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away and be at rest.
7) Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness; Selah
8) I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.”
9) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12) For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him.
13) But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance.
14) We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15) Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell; for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
16) As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me.
17) Evening and morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.
18) He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many with me.
19) God shall hear and afflict them, even He that abideth of old. Selah Because they have not changed, therefore they fear not God.
20) He hath put forth his hands against those that are at peace with him; he hath broken his covenant.
21) The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22) Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23) But Thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in Thee.”

Where there is no faith …

“Where there is no faith, there is no interest in Christ. Where there is no interest in Christ, there is no justification. Where there is no justification, there can be no peace with God. Where there is no peace with God, there is no heaven.”
– J. C. Ryle

“The fear of God is …

“The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.”

– John Bunyan

Contempt is …

“Contempt is an emotion possible only when there is great pride. The error in moral judgment that undervalues another always springs out of the error that overvalues one’s self.”
– A. W. Tozer