THANKFUL CHRIST IS ALL

The more I learn of who I am in the flesh and the more I learn of who God is, the more I am thankful I am for Christ my Savior. The more I learn of my sin the more thankful I am for the blood of Christ that cleanses us from all sin (I John 1:7). The more I learn of my inability, the more thankful I am that salvation “is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy” (Rom 9:16). The more I learn of my weakness, the more thankful I am that we “are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (I Peter 1:5). The more I learn of my worthlessness, the more thankful I am that we are redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ” (I Peter 1:19). The more I learn of my nothingness, the more thankful I am that Christ is all (Col 3:11)!

A man cannot be thoroughly humbled till he realizes that his salvation is utterly beyond his own powers, counsels, efforts, will and works, and depends absolutely on the will, counsel, pleasure and work of another – God alone.

Martin Luther

A Gospel To Believe

The Gospel of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is not a thing to be proved, but a truth to be believed. It is not submitted to our reasoning powers as a subject of critical examination. The gospel is a MESSAGE FROM GOD, addressed to the conscience, feelings and affections. For this reason men fond of argument and proving everything by strictly logical deduction generally make very poor preachers. In the Scriptures, God does not argue. He proclaims!

J. C. Philpot

Christ is All

The Lord Jesus speaks prophetically by David the prophet in Psalm forty, and says, “In the volume of the book it is written of me!” Christ is not one topic among many, but from cover to cover, start to finish, alpha to omega, the Holy Bible says one thing—“Christ is all!” Moses wrote of God the Son: his passion, his grace, and his glory! Isaiah prophesied of Jesus Christ: his birth, his work, and his suffering! David sang of the glorious Redeemer of Israel: his godhead, his humanity, and his crucifixion! Solomon writes by the same divine Spirit as did Moses, Isaiah, and David. His message is the same message that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John declared. Solomon’s message, though shrouded in parabolic mystery, is everlasting satisfaction in Jesus Christ alone!

Pastor Frank Hall

To wait upon God means I cannot see the way out of this difficulty, but I SHALL see it. I do not yet perceive God’s plan for my deliverance, but I shall be delivered. I do not know how bread shall be given me, but I shall have it even if God has to send ravens with it or rend heaven itself in twain. I shall have His promise fulfilled, and I shall wait His time.