Are you poor? Seek treasure in heaven and be rich. Are you old? Be ready for your end, and prepare to meet your God. Are you young? Begin well, and seek in Christ a never-failing friend, who will never forsake you. Are you in trouble, anxious about this life?
Seek Him who alone can help you and bear your burdens—seek Him who will never disappoint you. When others turn their backs upon you, then will Jesus Christ the Lord take you up.
Are you a sinner, a great sinner, a sinner of the worst description? It shall all be remembered no more if you only come to Christ—His blood shall cleanse all sin away. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made white as snow.
~ J.C. Ryle
Tract: Our Souls
Originally Posted at J.C. Ryle Quotes
The chief point in view in the old and new covenants is to form and organize a community of people that are distinctively separated unto God. In Gods plan of redemption He decrees a people truly His own: The sheep never choose the shepherd, But the shepherd chooses His sheep! John 10:25-30, Exodus 6:7, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:8-13.
…through the sacrificial death of Christ, the Father accomplishes both the inauguration and the ratification of the new covenant which is superior to the old (first) covenant established by the death of bulls and goats. Thereby accomplishing and securing eternal redemption for those of the old and the new covenant. The covenant people of God are found in Christ alone.
Heb 9:15 The intention of Christ’s death was to redeem those under the old covenant (first covenant) from their acquired sins. The question must be answered as to why the death of Christ was necessary for redemption from the sins committed under the old covenant and to what extent does His death benefit those under the new covenant? (I will venture to briefly touch on the subject) READ MORE
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