Wednesdays Words of Wisdom...Pascal on the Unique Sufficiency of God

"There once was in man a true happiness of which now remain to him only the mark and empty trace, which he in vain tries to fill from all his surroundings, seeking from things absent the help he does not obtain in things present.  But these are all inadequate, because the infinite abyss can only be filled by an infinite and imutable object, that is to say, only by God Himself."

Blaise Pascal, Pensées

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom...John Piper on What God is Seeking

"What is God looking for in the world? Assistants? No. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad. It is a help-available ad. Nor is the call to Christian service a help-wanted ad. God is not looking for people to work for Him but people who let Him work mightily in and through them...God is not a scout looking for the first draft choices to help His team win.  He is an unstoppable fullback ready to take the ball and run touchdowns for anyone who trusts Him to win the game."

John Piper

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom...Spurgeon on God's Revelation to Man

"God does not give a fresh revelation, but rivets the old one.  When it has been forgotten, and laid in the dusty chamber of our memory, he fetches it out and cleans the picture, but does not paint a new one.  There are no new doctrines, but the old ones are often revived.  It is not, I say, by any new revelation that the Spirit comforts.  He does so by telling us old things over again; he brings a fresh lamp to manifest the treasures hidden in Scripture; he unlocks the strong chests in which the truth had long lain, and he points to secret chambers filled with untold riches; but he coins no more, for enough is done."

Charles Spurgeon

Solus Christus

I never cease to be amazed at the insights of John Calvin. I was doing some sermon prep to preach on John 14:6 ("I am the way and the truth and the life") when I came across this little nugget from his commentary on John:

"The statement amounts to this, that whoever obtains Christ is in want of nothing; and, therefore, that whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection."