Sinclair B. Ferguson Quotes

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• The determining factor of my existence is no longer my past.
• You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No,…
• When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that…
• The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.
• True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have…
• True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and…
• The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so…
• The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.
• Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis. Rather, it begins with what…
• Christianity is Christ because there isn't anything else. There is no atonement that somehow can be detached from who the Lord Jesus is. There is…
• This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in…
• When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the instinct to spare His own…
• We can never reflect too much on God's grace.
• Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian
• Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you
• Appearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has…
• No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever…
• God's guidance will require patience on our part. His leading is not usually a direct assurance, a revelation, but His sovereign controlling of the circumstances…
• The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.
• Man's insulting God is not reversed by our insulting man.

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