How many people in the church,
which bears the name of Christ,
violate the third commandment
by allowing their misconduct
to bring reproach upon the name of Christ?
– J.V. Fesko in The Rule of Love
Category: PASSION Quotes
Prayer Quote of the Week
Always respond to every impulse to pray.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Make Every Effort
The positive thrust of the Third Commandment against the misuse of God’s name is a powerful admonition to make every effort to reverence His name.
– R. Kent Hughes in Disciplines of Grace
Not A Puppet
The problem with images is that they tend to do whatever we want them to, whether they should be doing it or not. And so, images are very different from the God we worship. God can’t be manipulated by human beings as if he were a puppet on a string.
– Anthony Tomasino in Written upon the Heart
Prayer Quote of the Week
Prayer is the offering up of our desires to God in the name
of Christ, for such things as are agreeable to his will.
– Thomas Watson
I Like to Think of God As…
Imagination is a wonderful gift, but when we use it to conjure up our own image of God it leads us astray. It is quite common to hear people say, “I like to think of God as…” and then add whatever picture they have in mind. The problem is that our view of God is to be defined by His revelation of Himself in the Bible, and when we conceive of Him apart from that, it will be misleading at best. Anything we imagine will be inevitably less than God, and when that which is less than God is used to portray God, we are led quickly to blasphemy and idolatry.
– Alistair Begg in Pathway to Freedom
Prayer Quote of the Week
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible
than to be alive without breathing.
– Martin Luther
What We Are Supposed To Look Like
The Law [Ten Commandments] is not revealed to God’s people as the means by which they should earn their redemption. Rather, the Law is revealed to show them how they can be conformed to the image of their loving, covenant Lord…. Christ perfectly fulfilled the obligations of the Law. If we are to reflect the image of Christ, the Law will assist us by showing us what we are supposed to look like.
– J. V. Fesko in The Rule of Love
Responding to God’s Words
In Sunday School, my church has started a study on the Ten Commandments. As a result, you will be seeing lots of quotes and thoughts on the Ten Commandments during the next several weeks. This past Sunday was an introduction.
Jani Ortlund has a wonderful book on how to pass on the Ten Commandments to our children. In it, she suggests three things we should do with the Ten Commandments:
The first thing we should do is listen to his words… Listening is communing with God. It is seeing reality from his perspective…
The second thing we should do is love his words… Open, eager cherishing of God’s words leads us into deeper intimacy with him. Loving his words is experiencing life in his presence…
The third thing we should do is leave his words. His words are for listening, for loving, and also for leaving a legacy to the children in our lives… Intentional, insightful teaching of God’s words brings our families into a sacred accountability with God. It is passing on a way of life that will last forever.
So how are we doing in our response to God’s words? Are we listening? Do we love them? Are we passing them on to the next generation?
Prayer Quote of the Week
To pray is not only to be truly godly;
it is also to be truly human.
– John R. W. Stott
Brian J. Mikul 