It more pleaseth the saints that they enjoy God, than that they enjoy salvation. False and carnal spirits will express a great deal of desire after salvation, for they like salvation, heaven, and glory well; but they never express any longing desire after God and Jesus Christ. They love salvation, but they care not for a Saviour. Now that which faith pitcheth most upon is God Himself; He shall be my salvation, let me have Him, and that is salvation enough.
— Joseph Caryl (1602–1673), Puritanischer Prediger
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Faith & Trust, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: For Reflection
Joseph Caryl
Joseph Caryl war ein englischer puritanischer Prediger und Theologe des 17. Jahrhunderts in London, der an der Westminster-Synode mitwirkte und nach der Restauration als Nonkonformist eine unabhängige Gemeinde leitete. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch seinen monumentalen zwölfbändigen Kommentar zum Buch Hiob, der sich ausführlich mit dem Leiden der Gerechten und der Souveränität Gottes befasst. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet sein Werk detaillierte Auslegungen und seelsorgliche Überlegungen zum Ausharren im Glauben inmitten von Anfechtungen.
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Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller