October Photos. 2.

May these lead you to your knees.

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Here you may suppose the Father to say, when driving his bargain with Christ for you:

Father: "My son, here is a company of poor miserable souls, that have utterly undone themselves, and now lie open to my justice! Justice demands satisfaction for them, or will satisfy itself in the eternal ruin of them: What shall be done for these souls And thus Christ returns."

Son: "O my Father, such is my love to, and pity for them, that rather than they shall perish eternally, I will be responsible for them as their Surety; bring in all thy bills, that I may see what they owe thee; Lord, bring them all in, that there may be no after-reckonings with them; at my hand shalt thou require it. I will rather choose to suffer thy wrath than they should suffer it: upon me, my Father, upon me be all their debt."

Father: "But, my Son, if thou undertake for them, thou must reckon to pay the last mite, expect no abatements; if I spare them, I will not spare thee."

Son: "Content, Father, let it be so; charge it all upon me, I am able to discharge it: and though it prove a kind of undoing to me, though it impoverish all my riches, empty all my treasures, (for so indeed it did, 2 Cor. 8:9 "Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor”) yet I am content to undertake it."

Blush, ungrateful believers, O let shame cover your faces; judge in yourselves now, has Christ deserved that you should stand with him for trifles, that you should shrink at a few petty difficulties, and complain, this is hard, and that is harsh? O if you knew the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ in this his wonderful condescension for you, you could not do it.

From Fountain of Life Opened Up, by John Flavel.

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His delight in the prospect of the eternal salvation of souls more than countervailing the dread he had of his extreme sufferings. Many waters could not quench his love, neither could the floods drown it, for his love was stronger than death; yea, than the mighty pains and torments of such a death.

From Christ the Example of Ministers, by Jonathan Edwards

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We never sent to him; he sent to us. Suppose that, after we had all sinned, we had fallen on our knees, and cried importunately, "Oh, Father, forgive us!" Suppose that day after day we had been, with many piteous tears and cries, supplicating and entreating forgiveness of God. It would be great love then that he should devise a way of pardoning us. But no; it was the very reverse. God sent an ambassador of peace to us; we sent no embassage to him. Man turned his back on God, and went farther and farther from him, and never thought of turning his face toward his best Friend. It is not man that turns beggar to God for salvation; it is, if I may dare to say it, as though the Eternal God himself did beg of his creatures to be saved. Jesus Christ has not come into the world to be sought for, but to seek that which is lost. It all begins with him. Unsought, unbidden by the object of his compassion, Jesus came into the world.

~From Herein is Love, by C.H. Spurgeon

October Photos. 1.

Some Stuff.

1. I've created a directory of sermons that have shaped and changed me HERE. It will also be listed on my sidebar as 'My Sermonshelf.' I hope they will be a blessing in your life.


2. Michael Spotts is giving away books! Head on over to the Open Life blog to enter to win this months - a glorious copy of Tomas Watson's Body of Divinity! There are a few rules so make sure to read the post carefully.

About The Body of Divinity:

"The first book published by the Trust (Banner of Truth), this has been one of their best sellers and consistently the most useful and influential of their publications. John Piper, Steve Lawson, Spurgeon, and other godly men all rank Body of Divinity as amongst those books most influential upon them. There are several reasons for this:

The subject of the book. It deals with the foremost doctrinal and experimental truths of the Christian Faith. It is based on the Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism, in which the main principles of Christianity are brought together and set forth from the scriptures in the form of questions and answers. This Catechism is unsurpassed for its 'terse exactitude of definition' and 'logical elaboration' of the fundamentals.

The style of the author. Watson conveys his thorough doctrinal and experiential knowledge of the truth in such an original, concise, pithy, pungent, racy, rich and illustrative style that he is rightly regarded as the most readable of the Puritans. Almost every other line is quotable."


3. Brave Saint Saturn has released their third CD! Head on over to purevolume to listen to three songs off of it, or over to emusic to listen to snippets of the whole album. If you would like to download the album FREE and legally I have discovered a way. Click HERE to sign up for emusic and recieve 50 free songs. Simply use the free downloads and then cancel your subscription. This allows you to keep the songs and your account will not be charged for your first month. If you would like to order a CD you can do it from their store. Trust me, it's worth it. I'll also be reviewing this album for intothehill.


4. New photos up next week - so be looking for those. =)