Cliff Shares More T4G Nuggets

Cliff Shares More T4G Nuggets May 2, 2006
Grace Full Words: has the following quotes and more!

R. C. SPROUL:

The Church stands or falls on sola fide.
According to Rome (the Catholic Church) faith is a necessary condition of justification. According to Protestants, faith is a sufficient condition for justification.

We are not justified by understanding the doctrine of justification. We are justified by Christ

JOHN PIPER:


Our preaching should be dominated by the greatness, the majesty and the holiness of God- leaving the hearers with a spiritual sense of shock.

There is a weight to this office as pastor!

God planned for His Son to be crucified and for hell to be terrible.
God’s ultimate allegiance is to God and then to share that with you.

You do not honor fully what you do not enjoy!

2 Cor. 3:18 is God’s way of transforming people. Our job is to make Him seen. It’s the only way to change people.

2 Cor. 4:4 – “You see with your ears.

2 Sam. 3:21 – “There is a famine of seeing and savoring the glory of God.

Forgiveness without the restoration of a relationship is not the Gospel.

C. J. MAHANEY:

Our character must be more persuasive than our speech.

Knowledge of Scriptures alone without the grace given by God to apply them is not enough. It leaves us vulnerable.

We must have a high view of the application. True knowledge is the prelude to grace motivated obedience.

The War within NEVER ends.

Few labor to know themselves; to study indwelling sin for your own soul’s health. (John Owen)
Heart work is hard work.

We cannot effectively watch ourselves by ourselves.
Preach the whole counsel of God – but the cross is the center of the counsel . . . . People should anticipate seeing the cross in every sermon.

We are also told that CJ recommended the book “Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hand” by Paul Tripp – has anyone out there read it?

Dr. JOHN MacARTHUR:

We must be committed to certainty. Without certainty there is no clarity. Without clarity there is no conviction. Without conviction there is no affection. Without affection there is no community.
I’m not in the world to give my opinion. I’m here to bring God’s Word to the world.

Expository Preaching-

  • Establishes the authority of God over mind and soul.
  • Exalts the headship of Christ over His church.
  • Is the Word of God which the Spirit uses to save and to sanctify.
  • Strikes a blow at pride becauses it forces me to be in the Word.
  • Honors by example the priority of Bible study. When you preach effectively you take them through the hermeneutics so you both (pastor and congregation) arrive at the “eureka moment” together.
  • Keeps people from the illusion that they have heard from God when they haven’t.
  • Has a massive impact on the reality of worship.
  • Protects people from error and carnality, which is deadly to the church.
  • Helps you fully understand the mind of Christ.

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