The goal of the new life is that God’s children exhibit melody and harmony in their conduct. What melody? The song of God’s justice. What harmony? The harmony between God’s righteousness and our obedience. Only if we walk in the beauty of God’s law do we become sure of our adoption as children of the Father.
The law of God contains in itself the dynamic of the new life by which his image is fully restored in us; but by nature we are sluggish, and, therefore, we need to be stimulated, aided in our efforts by a guiding principle.
A sincere repentance from the heart does not guarantee that we shall not wander from the straight path and sometimes become bewildered. Let us then search Scripture to find the root principle for the reformation of our life. ~John Calvin, Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life,1952, pg 11.
“That God is triune means that God is a covenant God. He lives a covenant life. By the term covenant we do not mean an agreement, an alliance, or a contract, but a bond of perfect friendship and living fellowship in most intimate communion....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Earlier in the book Hoeksema teaches that the witness of the church is that God is Creator. He moves from that, to the truth that God is the living God. “When the scriptures reveal God to us as the living God, the implication is that this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A dead Christ cannot save the church. Neither could he bring the kingdom of God to completion. He must needs rise and ascend and receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. Wondrous evangel of Easter! Jesus is risen indeed! And he received that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Therefore, creation was an act of self-revelation on the part of God. By it he made himself known as God who is God indeed, the one who is infinite in power and wisdom, glorious in all his perfections. Through the act of creation, God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We bid a fond farewell to Prof. Cammenga this evening. We give thanks to God for His provision of such faithful preaching which He provided for us through Prof. Cammenga. The Bread of Life which he brought, like the blessing of manna in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
