It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel — "HE cares for me." Christian! do not dishonor religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord.
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We often look for a silver bullet when it comes to difficulties of the Christian life. We want an easier way to kill sin. But Owen is too wise to offer an easy and cheap solution. He gives us the tools God has given us. They aren’t easy; they do require effort. But He provides the energy, the will, and the desire to master them.
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Richard Owen Roberts is a long-term friend of Media Gratiae. Even before Media Gratiae existed, Mr. Roberts played an important role in John Snyder's life. In this special episode, we want to introduce Mr. Roberts and International Awakening Ministries to those of you who may be unfamiliar with them.
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Our problem and our sin is that we are unacquainted with our mercies and privileges. We do not respond to the voice of the Spirit that is given to us, “that we may know the things that are freely bestowed on us of God” (1Cor.2:12). This burdens us when we might have rejoiced, and weakens us when we might have been strong in the Lord.
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In this new series of podcasts, Dr. John Snyder is going to walk through two books from the Puritan, John Owen, with our longtime friend Jeremy Walker.
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Let us cultivate the highest reverence for our Divine Lord, and the surest confidence in His power, and in His ultimate victory.
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We have had 15 discussions of the Christian’s relationship to the God’s moral law. In the final conversation of this series, John Snyder and Steve Crampton discuss the right and wrong ways of using the law.
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Oh, speak to him! Thou knowest how to speak
A word in season to weary ones,
And he is weary now.
We are no longer slaves to sin. We are slaves to righteousness. Even though we still wrestle with sin and hear the whispers of our old master, telling us the law will condemn us, we are assured by the faithfulness of Christ that His grace is sufficient.
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Why should I start at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He purposeth a crop.
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This week we return to our ongoing discussion of the Christian’s relationship to both God’s Law and His grace. The emphasis this week is simply to explain what Jesus meant when He said He came to “fulfill the law.”
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Either my foundation is one of sand that gives way beneath my feet, and I do not know where I am, or else I stand on what W. E. Gladstone called ‘The Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture.’
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