For the Glory of God
Verse of the Day
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” -Romans 1:16
“The Gospel is the power of God for the beginning, middle, and end of salvation. It is not merely what we need to proclaim to unbelievers; the Gospel also needs to permeate our entire Christian experience.” -Jim Wilhoit (via Of First Importance)
“He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy…” -Titus 3:5
The gospel is Christ’s application of blood, sweat, and tears for us, not our application of blood, sweat, and tears for Him. -Tullian Tchividjian, via Twitter
”Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.” -1 Peter 3:11
“The Gospel compels me to do good deeds and comforts me when I fail to do them.” -Stephen Altrogge via Twitter
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures…” -1 Corinthians 15:3
Never does the devil triumph so thoroughly, as when he persuades missionaries to keep back the story of the cross. -J.C. Ryle, via John Piper’s Twitter
“For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” -Romans 8:3-4
“It is a blow to our spiritual ego to be told that everything has already been done. Yet that is the glory of the gospel.” -Mike Horton
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” -Romans 1:16
The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time. -Carl F.H. Henry via Nations Be Glad’s Twitter
“Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.” -1 Corinthians 15:1-2
Progress in our lives isn’t a matter of new knowledge or experience. It is rather a daily return to an old truth: Jesus died for our sins. -Tullian Tchividjian via Twitter
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” -Ephesians 2:8-9
The Gospel isn’t good advice to men but good news about Christ; not an invitation to do, but a declaration of what God has done. -John Stott, via Tullian Tchividjian’s Twitter
“The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” -2 Peter 3:9
Aren’t you thankful God did not deliver this planet from the Curse before you heard the gospel? -Randy Alcorn, via Twitter
“…The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” -2 Corinthians 5:17
“Salvation is not just ‘fire insurance’ or ‘sin management.’ The gospel promises far more than going to heaven when you die. It is an all-encompassing pledge from God for the total renewal of creation. It involves the resurrection of our bodies and the liberation of the whole creation from its bondage to sin and death. What insurance plan, global market, or government agency can claim this kind of authority over life and death? When he returns, Jesus will judge every person and nation and consummate his kingdom in everlasting righteousness and peace. We cannot limit salvation to our private world of the soul; the whole cosmos was created by the Father, in the Son, through the Spirit, and it is upheld and finally redeemed in the same way.” -Michael Horton, via Of First Importance
