Thoughts on God, Justification, Sanctification and the Grace of the Lord.

Some quotes and thoughts from an episode of The White Horse Inn.

"The indicative preceeds the imperative. What God has done for us in Christ Jesus is that which elicits the response He desires. To elicit the response "what we should do, what we do do, towards God" we must focus, preach and worship God on the basis of what He has already done for us. This is the message we should be preaching."

Worship begins by invoking the name of the Triune God, and by acknowledging our sins before Him and declaring once again our gratefulness and faith in the finished work of Christ which has reconciled us to God once again and paid the full penalty for our sins. This is to remind our consciences that we have been cleansed once and for all by the Blood of Jesus Christ. We must be reminded of the Gospel constantly. In worship, we must be reminded the lengths to which God has gone in giving us the right to enter into His Presence: The Blood of Jesus Christ. Now we are able to stand before Him boldly, and without any fear at all on account of Jesus Christ alone.

Could you imagine harboring any other type of standard by which you need not fear God? Conversely, do you then have any fear before the Presence of the Lord? Is this not because you have not understood how completely Justified we have been made before the Lord on account of Christ?

If I Shall Glory At All...

Oh Lord... we have all passed away, like dust we are scattered
Oh Lord... we have all gone astray, like grass we have withered and died.
We were unable, but you perservered.
We gave up, gave in and gave out
But through it all You never once let go of that Cross
My Lord and My God, True God of True God
You Who came not to be served, but to serve
You are my life and my only true thought
If I shall glory at all, I shall glory in this
That I now know Your Name
and that You have given me mine.