My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior.
Sinclair B. FergusonThe notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and is the mainspring of all Christian living.
Sinclair B. FergusonDo I learn through dark providences, or simply seem relieved when they are over?
Sinclair B. FergusonGod made everything else but man "after its kind"' - that is, according to the purpose and destiny he envisaged for it. But he made man in His own image. Man is patterned on God! He was made to represent God - in created, human form.
Sinclair B. FergusonAppearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has His own timetable. It is we who must learn to adjust to it, not vice versa. When God's time comes nothing will stand in His way. We can therefore wait for Him with this happy confidence: "As for God, His way is perfect" (2 Samuel 22:31).
Sinclair B. Ferguson