There is nothing more important to learn about Christian growth than this: Growing in grace means becoming like Christ. Sinclair B. Ferguson More Quotes by Sinclair B. Ferguson More Quotes From Sinclair B. Ferguson Christianity is Christ because there isn't anything else. There is no atonement that somehow can be detached from who the Lord Jesus is. There is no grace that can be attached to you transferred from Him. All there is, is Christ and your soul. Sinclair B. Ferguson soul grace jesus The problem is not in the clarity of the revelation. The problem is in the darkness of the human mind. Sinclair B. Ferguson clarity darkness mind When the New Testament speaks about the fullness of grace which we find in Christ, it does not mean only forgiveness, pardon and justification. Christ has done much more for us. He died for us, but he also lived for us. Now he has sent his own Spirit to us so that we might draw on his strength. He grew in grace, and when we draw on his power we shall likewise grow in grace. Sinclair B. Ferguson grace doe mean Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven. Sinclair B. Ferguson forgiven sin guilt The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace. Sinclair B. Ferguson foundation grace lying Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others! Sinclair B. Ferguson strong weak christ We are far too good at analyzing what is wrong with the culture and far too myopic at analyzing what is wrong in the church. Sinclair B. Ferguson myopic church culture It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces this spirit of worship. We might say that worship is simply theology, doctrine, what we think about God, going into top gear! Instead of merely thinking about Him, we tell Him, in prayer and praise and song, how great and glorious we believe Him to be! Sinclair B. Ferguson prayer song believe There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one. Sinclair B. Ferguson congregation wells differences Don't tell me that you have a Reformed Church in the tradition of Calvin until you have the preaching of the Word every day of the week, devote Wednesday's to prayer and have the church gather together for prayer. Sinclair B. Ferguson church prayer together Probably no theologian in English language has ever rivaled Owen stressing the absolute centrality of Christ's penal substitution and therefore his as Priest. . . . For that reason alone The Priesthood of Christ is worth all the time it takes to read it with humility, care, and reflection. Sinclair B. Ferguson stress humility reflection The notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and is the mainspring of all Christian living. Sinclair B. Ferguson daughter christian children The jewels of spiritual service are always quarried in the depths of spiritual experience. Never is this more true than in revival. Bend the church and save the people. Sinclair B. Ferguson jewels spiritual people No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy. Sinclair B. Ferguson spiritual character children God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love. Sinclair B. Ferguson his-love chosen matter Remember that you are not saved by increased levels of holiness, however desirable it is that you should reach them. ...It is Christ who saves us-through faith. Your faith is a poor and crumbling thing, as is your spiritual service. Jesus Christ alone is qualified and able to save you because of what He has done. Sinclair B. Ferguson crumbling spiritual jesus God made everything else but man "after its kind"' - that is, according to the purpose and destiny he envisaged for it. But he made man in His own image. Man is patterned on God! He was made to represent God - in created, human form. Sinclair B. Ferguson destiny purpose men Do I learn through dark providences, or simply seem relieved when they are over? Sinclair B. Ferguson relieved providence dark God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us. Sinclair B. Ferguson wells crosses doe Inerrancy matters because it honors the Spirit, who wants to honor the Son, who wants to honor the Father. Sinclair B. Ferguson honor father son
