Young Calvinist » Affections http://youngcalvinist.com Upholding and proclaiming the sovereignty of God Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Do we live in the context of the resurrection? http://youngcalvinist.com/do-we-live-in-the-context-of-the-resurrection/ http://youngcalvinist.com/do-we-live-in-the-context-of-the-resurrection/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:49:32 +0000 Stephen Jones http://youngcalvinist.com/?p=70 The older I get the more I realize how often I live my life as a disciple of Christ without really living it. After years of living as a Christian, going to church, praying, reading the Bible, the living part can all too often become passive. The fervor for Christ mellows and your works become empty, for they are done out of habit rather than a gleeful desire to glorify God.

But we cannot allow this to happen, we cannot allow our hearts to grow cold. I believe it was Spurgeon who said that we must read of the cross again and again until are affections (a little Jonathan Edwards there) are moved. It was Edwards who said that man cannot be moral without a love for God, for morality without heart is no morality at all. This, as Christians, is crucial, for we must have the heart, we must be moved to actions, moved to live.

We must live in the context of the resurrection, remembering always what Christ started on the cross and finished in the empty tomb. He has risen! Christ has triumphed! He reigns!

Oh how I pray that the Lord would ignite the hearts of the elect who have yet to taste death, to see Christ’s bride living with joy in the glorification of a sovereign God.

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