The person who thinks the money he makes is meant mainly to increase his comforts on earth is a fool, Jesus says. Wise people know that all their money belongs to God and should be used to show that God, and not money, is their treasure, their comfort, their joy, and their security.
Topics: Money Source: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, 2002, p. 168.
God has commanded us in his word, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13). And He told us why. He said in Genesis 9:6, "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image." In other words, when you murder a human, you attack God who makes every human in his image.
Topics: Murder Source: Love Your Unborn Neighbor, Sermon: January 22, 2006
God's delight in obedience is good news because it shows that God's grace is a glorious power and not just a flimsy tolerance of sin.
Topics: Obedience Source: The Pleasure of God in Obedience, Sermon, March 29, 1987
Obedience is the evidence of faith that alone unites us to Christ who is our justifying righteousness.
Topics: Obedience, Righteousness Source: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. 2002, p. 110.
What does it mean to glorify God? It does not mean to make Him more glorious. It means to acknowledge His glory, and to value it above all things, and to make it known.
Topics: Obedience Source: Desiring God, 1996, p. 56
Outward acts of piety which do not flow from the new and God-given affections of the heart, which delight to depend on God and seek his glory are only legalism and have no value in honoring God.
Topics: Piety, Legalism Source: The Supremacy of God in Preaching, Baker, p. 83.
The climax of God's happiness is the delight He takes in the echoes of His excellence in the praises of His people.
Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief.
God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ advances in the world. Prayer gives us the significance of front-line forces, and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need.
Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy, and exalts God as wealthy.
The person who thinks the money he makes is meant mainly to increase his comforts on earth is a fool, Jesus says. Wise people know that all their money belongs to God and should be used to show that God, and not money, is their treasure, their comfort, their joy, and their security.