“True repentance is love weeping at the foot of the Cross” (Ronald Hanko, The Coming of Zion’s Redeemer, p. 369)
Psalm 3:8
Here is Mr. Spurgeon on this great Psalm of David as he fled from Absalom.
“This verse contains the sum and substance of Calvinistic doctrine. Search Scripture through, and you must, if you read it with a candid mind, be persuaded that the doctrine of salvation by grace alone is the great doctrine of the word of God: “Salvation belongeth unto the Lord.” This is a point concerning which we are daily fighting. Our opponents say, “Salvation belongeth to the free will of man; if not to man’s merit, yet at least to man’s will;” but we hold and teach that salvation from first to last, in every iota of it, belongs to the Most High God. It is God that chooses his people. He calls them by his grace; he quickens them by his Spirit, and keeps them by his power. It is not of man, neither by man; “not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.” May we all learn this truth experimentally, for our proud flesh and blood will never permit us to learn it in any other way.”
(Treasury of David, Psalm 3)
Why Providence Exists
Providence ultimately exists for the “praise of the glory of God’s wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness and mercy.” (1689 Confession, 5. 1)
The Weakness
John Owen points out that “even the best of saints, being left to themselves will quickly appear to be less than men-to be nothing. All our own strength is weakness, and all our wisdom folly.”
Of Temptation, The Nature and Power of it. (Sovereign Grace Publishers, Wilmington, Delaware, 1972) 92
Saving Faith’s Working
What does saving faith do?
it yields obedience to God’s commands.
it trembles at God’s threatenings.
it embraces the promises of God.
1689 Confession, 14. 2
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