Do All to the glory of God

The divine law contains a most fitting and well ordered plan for the regulation of our life; yet it has pleased the heavenly Teacher to direct men by a very excellent and key principle.
It is the duty of believers to “present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God”; this is the only true [...]

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Spiritual progress

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
Let us keep our end in view, let us press forward to our goal . Let us not indulge in pride, nor give in to our sinful passions. Let us steadily exert ourselves to reach a higher degree of holines till we shall [...]

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Proceeding Forwards

But let everyone proceed according to his given ability and continue the journey he has begun.There is no man so unhappy that he will not make some progress, however small. Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair [...]

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On seeking perfection

We should not insist on absolute perfection of the gospel in our fellow Christians, however much we may strive for it ourselves. It would be unfair to demand evangelical perfection before we acknowledge anyone as a Christian.  There would be no church if we set a standard of absolute perfection, for the best of us [...]

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on vain babblers

The philosophers rightly condemn and banish with disgrace from their company those who profess to know the art of life, but who are in reality vain babblers.
With much better reason Christians ought to detest those who have the gospel on their lips but not in their hearts.
The exhortations of the philosophers are cold and lifeless [...]

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Faith–More than lip service

Let us ask those who possess nothing but church membership, and yet want to be called Christians, how they can glory in the sacred Name of Christ?
For no one has any communion with Christ but he who has received the true knowledge of him from the word of the Gospel.
The apostle denies that anyone actually [...]

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Showing our gratitude to Christ

Scripture accompanies its exhortations with the promise of God’s countless blessings and of the all-embracing salvation he grants us.
Therefore, since God has revealed himself as a Father, we would be guilty of the basest ingratitude if we did not behave as his children.
Since Christ has purified us through the baptism in his blood, we should [...]

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Adopted as His Children

The Lord has adopted us to be his children on this condition that we reveal an imitation of Christ who is the mediator of our adoption.
Unless we  ardently and prayerfully devote ourselves to Christ’s righteousness we do not only faithlessly revolt from our Creator, but we also abjure him as our Saviour. [John Calvin]

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Holiness–exhibiting the Character of Christ in our lives

Scripture does only show the principle of holiness, but also that Christ is the best way to it. Because the Father has reconcile us to himself in Christ, therefore he commands us to be conformed to Christ as to our own pattern. Let those who think that philosophers have the only just and orderly system [...]

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