“Forgiveness is the mainspring of holiness. Love, as a motive, is far stronger than law; far more influential than fear of wrath or peril of hell. Terror may make a man crouch like a slave and obey a hard master, lest a worse thing come upon him; but only a sense of forgiving love can bring either heart or conscience into that state in which obedience is either pleasant to the soul or acceptable to God.”
Excerpt From: Bonar, Horatius. “The Everlasting Righteousness.” Monergism Books, 2011-11-05T22:59:54.841000+00:00. iBooks.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
Love and Hell
“I have no sympathy with those who prophesy nothing but peace, and keep back from men the awful fact, that they may lose their souls.
...I am one of those old-fashioned ministers who believe the whole Bible, and everything that it contains. I can find no Scriptural foundation for that smooth-spoken theology, which pleases so many in these days, and according to which everybody will get to heaven at last.
...I believe that there is a real devil. I believe that there is a real hell. I believe that it is not charity to keep back from men that they may be lost.
...Charity! shall I call it? If you saw a brother drinking poison, would you hold your peace?
...Charity! shall I call it? If you saw a blind man tottering towards a precipice, would you not cry out “Stop”?
...Away with such false notions of charity! Let us not slander that blessed grace, by using its name in a false sense.
...It is the highest charity to bring the whole truth before men. It is real charity to warn them plainly when they are in danger."
"It is charity to impress upon them, that they may lose their own souls for ever in hell."
Excerpt From: Ryle, J. C. “Old Paths.” iBooks.
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...I am one of those old-fashioned ministers who believe the whole Bible, and everything that it contains. I can find no Scriptural foundation for that smooth-spoken theology, which pleases so many in these days, and according to which everybody will get to heaven at last.
...I believe that there is a real devil. I believe that there is a real hell. I believe that it is not charity to keep back from men that they may be lost.
...Charity! shall I call it? If you saw a brother drinking poison, would you hold your peace?
...Charity! shall I call it? If you saw a blind man tottering towards a precipice, would you not cry out “Stop”?
...Away with such false notions of charity! Let us not slander that blessed grace, by using its name in a false sense.
...It is the highest charity to bring the whole truth before men. It is real charity to warn them plainly when they are in danger."
"It is charity to impress upon them, that they may lose their own souls for ever in hell."
Excerpt From: Ryle, J. C. “Old Paths.” iBooks.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Assurance
“To an Arminian, who denies election and the perseverance of the saints, the knowledge of our present reconciliation to God might bring with it no assurance of final salvation; for; according to him, we may be in reconciliation today, and out of it tomorrow; but to a Calvinist there can be no such separation. He who is once reconciled is reconciled for ever; and the knowledge of filial relationship just now is the assurance of eternal salvation. Indeed, apart from God's electing love, there can be no such thing as assurance. It becomes an impossibility.”
Excerpt From: Bonar, Horatius. “The Everlasting Righteousness.” Monergism Books, 2011-11-05T22:59:54.841000+00:00. iBooks.
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Excerpt From: Bonar, Horatius. “The Everlasting Righteousness.” Monergism Books, 2011-11-05T22:59:54.841000+00:00. iBooks.
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