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Psalm 3:8

July 18, 2024

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)

Filed Under: Blog, Calvinism, Genesis, Salvation, Sovereignty

Calvin’s Confession

May 9, 2024

I love Calvin’s statements to Sadolet regarding true faith and the burdens of his past life under the Roman Church. (See Vol. 1, Tracts and Letters, p.61, 62)

“Thou, O Lord, knowest, and the fact itself has testified to men, that the only thing I asked was, that all controversies should be decided by thy word, that thus both parties might unite with one mind to establish thy kingdom; and I declined not to restore peace to the Church at the expense of my head, if I were found to have been unnecessarily the cause of tumult. But what did our opponents? Did they not instantly, and like madmen, fly to fires, swords, and gibbets? Did they not decide that their only security was in arms and cruelty? Did they not instigate all ranks to the same fury? Did they not spurn at all methods of pacification? To this it is owing that a matter, which might at one time have been settled amicably, has blazed into such a contest. But although, amidst the great confusion, the judgments of men were various, I am freed from all fear, now that we stand at thy tribunal, where equity, combined with truth, cannot but decide in favor of innocence.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Calvin, Faith, General, Gospel, Idolatry, Reformers, Righteousness, Sadolet, Salvation, Works

Faith

February 16, 2023

“Faith is the condition of our reception of life (Gal. 3:22). No person can quicken themselves; this is a thing the law is incapable of, and hence no good deed can obtain it for us (Gal. 3:21). It is the Holy Spirit who does the work in us.”
B B Warfield (Selected Shorter Writings)

Filed Under: B B Warfield, Faith, General, Regeneration, Salvation

The Chief Thing

October 8, 2019

Calvin says that the chief thing of the gospel is that Christ is given to us and that in him is life.

(Titus Commentary. p. 286)

Filed Under: Calvin, Christ, General, Jesus Christ, Salvation

The Word & Words

April 30, 2011

Believing the Words of Jesus cannot be done apart from believing the Word who is Jesus. This is why we read the Scriptures because to believe the Word of God is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Filed Under: Bible, Christ, Faith, General, God, Jesus Christ, Lordship, Salvation

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