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Remember and Return: Rekindling Your Love for the Savior--A Devotional QUOTES

Remember and Return: Rekindling Your Love for the Savior--A Devotional QUOTES

1 " We see Him among the thousands of Galilee, anointed of God with the Holy Ghost and power, going about doing good: with no pride of birth, though He was a king; with no pride of intellect, though omniscience dwelt within Him; with no pride of power, though all power in heaven and earth was in His hands; or of station, though the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in Him bodily; or of superior goodness or holiness: but in lowliness of mind esteeming every one better than Himself, healing the sick, casting out devils, feeding the hungry, and everywhere breaking to men the bread of life. We see Him everywhere offering to men His life for the salvation of their souls: and when, at last, the forces of evil gathered thick around Him, walking, alike without display and without dismay, the path of suffering appointed for Him, and giving His life at Calvary that through His death the world might live.1 "

― John F. MacArthur Jr. , Remember and Return: Rekindling Your Love for the Savior--A Devotional

2 " If there is ever a “time of need” in our lives when it is appropriate to “draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help” (Heb. 4:16), it’s in the midst of our most difficult trials. Suffering is a special type of circumstance in which we must draw upon the lordship and example of Jesus Christ. In fact, it is often as we follow Him through suffering that we experience our deepest intimacy with our Lord. "

― John F. MacArthur Jr. , Remember and Return: Rekindling Your Love for the Savior--A Devotional

3 " Those who love Christ are an open rebuke to the society in which they live. That was the apostle Peter’s point when he described Christians as “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession . . . [who] proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called [them] out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pet. 2:9). Our dark world will resent and be hostile toward anyone who represents the Lord Jesus Christ in that way. That resentment and hostility may be felt at certain times and places more than others, but it is always present to some extent. Fortunately, we have One to whom we can turn when we suffer—the very One who suffered for us: the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter wrote, “For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps” (v. 21). Peter’s model of how to respond to suffering was Jesus Christ, and we need to follow His example. "

― John F. MacArthur Jr. , Remember and Return: Rekindling Your Love for the Savior--A Devotional