Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge.

We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.

In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.

Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you see the nails driven through his hands, be sure that you are pondering, and when the thorns pierce his brow, know that they are your evil thoughts.