Glory to God

Bought with the Precious Blood of Christ

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For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.  1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The hope of a resurrection to glory, should keep Christians from dishonouring their bodies.  And if the soul be united to Christ by faith, the whole man is become a member of his spiritual body.  Our bodies have been redeemed from deserved condemnation and hopeless slavery by the atoning sacrifice of Christ.   We are to be clean, as vessels fitted for our Master’s use.  Being united to Christ as one spirit, and bought with a price of unspeakable value, the believer should consider himself as wholly the Lord’s, by the strongest ties.  May we make it our business, to the latest day and hour of our lives, to glorify God with our bodies, and with our spirits which are his.

Spurgeon Quotes on Discipleship

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A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will. C.H. Spurgeon If I had any human master he would have been out of patience with me long ago, but the Lord Jesus Christ never gives up a scholar; having once commenced to teach, he continues his divine lessons till they are fully …

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Focusing on God’s Glory

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Following previous Why God Saves focusing on God’s glory: Everything exists for the purpose of glorifying God.  The Westminster Shorter Catechism of the seventeenth century begins by stating that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God.”  The vastness of …

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Why God Saves

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“That grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.” (2 Corinthians 4:15) Many people think the main reason God saves people is so that He can keep them out of hell, or so that they can experience His love or lead happy lives.  But all those reasons …

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Divine Sovereignty of God

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There is no attribute more comforting to His children than that of God’s sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe trials, they believe that sovereignty has ordained their afflictions, that sovereignty overrules them, and that sovereignty will sanctify them all. There is nothing for which the children ought to more earnestly contend …

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Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1WmzRxBGFY 2 Samuel 22:1-4 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to …

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