Thomas Watson

The one who believes God is his God, and that all providences work for his good, patiently yields himself to the will of God. Thus faith is a living principle. The life of a saint is nothing else but a life of faith. His prayer is the breathing of faith (Jas. 5:15). His obedience is the result of faith (Rom. 16:26). A godly man lives in Christ by faith, as the beam lives in the sun: “...I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me...” (Gal. 2:20). Set Against Sin The godly set...

“...Christ is all, and in all” (Col. 3:11). Christ is all – in regard of divine assistance. A Christian’s strength lies in Christ, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Phil. 4:13). How is a Christian able to do duty, to resist temptation – but through Christ’s strengthening? How is it that a spark of grace lives in a sea of corruption, the storms of persecution blowing – but that Christ holds this spark in the hollow of His hand? How is it that the roaring lion...