MATT. What should we learn by seeing the flame of our fire go upwards? Of fire, and of thesun. and by seeing the beams and sweet influences of the sun strike downwards?PRUD. By the going up of the fire we are taught to ascend to Heaven, by fervent and hot desires. And by the sun’s…
Category: John Bunyan
Limits to our Knowledge – for our own good
In John Bunyan’s “Pilgrims Progress Part II”, we have the following discussion between Prudence and Mathew. PRUD. I ask, then, if there were ever anything that had a being antecedent to, or before God?MATT. No; for God is eternal; nor is there anything excepting Himself, that had a being until the beginning of the first…
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3 – John Bunyan – THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN
Men, also, when they come into the presence of God, should know their distance; yea, andshew that they know it too, by such gestures, and carriages, and behaviour, that are seemly. A remarkable saying is that of Solomon, “Keep thy foot,” saith he, “when thou goest intothe house of God, and be more ready to…
The Delusion of Rejecting God’s Love
It is said to this purpose, in one of Paul’s epistles to the Thessalonians, that because men receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved; ‘for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; that they might be damned’ (2 Thess 2:11,12). LIGHT FOR THEM…
The Transformative Power of the Holy Spirit: Insights from John Bunyan’s “Light for Them That Sit in Darkness”
John Bunyan, a renowned Christian writer and preacher, encapsulated profound insights on the workings of the Holy Spirit in his work “Light for Them That Sit in Darkness.” This enlightening piece offers a comprehensive understanding of the transformative role the Holy Spirit plays in the lives of believers. Bunyan’s reflections on the Spirit’s multifaceted influence…