Ryle: May we have wisdom to know how to act in time of persecution

…then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. Matthew 24:16-18 (read verses 15-25 in our reading plan today.) … More Ryle: May we have wisdom to know how to act in time of persecution

Piper: Do not jump to the conclusion that the battle is a charade

What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!  Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,  you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But … More Piper: Do not jump to the conclusion that the battle is a charade

J. C. Ryle: God often takes great pains with ungodly men.

    Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, Matthew 23:34, in our Bible reading plan today. J. C. Ryle comments: God often takes great pains with ungodly men. He sent … More J. C. Ryle: God often takes great pains with ungodly men.

What does it mean that Adam was a “type” of Christ who was to come?

    Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. —Romans 5:14 ESV Adam is a “type” of him who was to come, Christ. John Piper explains, What does “type” mean? The NIV says … More What does it mean that Adam was a “type” of Christ who was to come?