Christ Set Forth
Thomas Goodwin's exposition of Romans 8:34 tackles a problem that quietly drains many Christians: the habit of searching their own hearts for evidence of grace instead of resting on Christ himself. Goodwin walks through Christ's death, resurrection, ascension, session at God's right hand, and ongoing intercession, showing how each stage of the Redeemer's work speaks justification to the believer, redirecting assurance away from fluctuating feelings toward the finished work of a living Savior.
Based on Christ Set Forth (1642), by Thomas Goodwin
Puritan quotes
Quotes by Thomas Goodwin
“Whensoever we would go down into our own hearts, and take a view of our graces, let us be sure first to look wholly out of ourselves unto Christ, as our justification, and to close with him immediately.”
“That which I have here endeavoured is to set forth to all sorts of believers, whether they have assurance or not, Christ as he is the object of our faith as justifying, and as the cause of justification to us.”
“What is the cause of all God's purposes towards us? Himself. There is no other cause.”
“Glory in nothing, but only in this, that you are in Christ. For God chose you in him; the being you had was in him before the world was.”
“In Christ are treasures that will require digging to the end of the world.”
“Judas heard all Christ's sermons.”
“If I were to go to heaven, and find that Christ was not there, I would leave immediately; for heaven without Christ would be hell to me.”
“Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.”
“Oh despise not election! therein lies all your hope, that there is a remnant who shall infallibly be saved.”
“When God will have any great matters done, he sets his people's hearts to work at prayer by a kind of gracious instinct. He stirs them up and moves their hearts by the influence of his Holy Spirit.”
