Notes
NOTES
[1] Stephen Brown, When Being Good Isn’t Good Enough (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1990), 108.
[2] Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People (New York: Avon Books, 1981), 8.
[3] The word translated as “rebellion” in the New International Version is translated as “transgression” in most other versions of the Bible. However, the word means a rejection of authority, so rebellion is a good word to use.
[4] C. Samuel Storms, The Grandeur of God (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1984), 124 (emphasis added).
[5] Storms, 125.
[6] Abraham Booth, The Reign of Grace (repr., Swengle, PA: Reiner Publications, 1976), 40, 48.
[7] Augustus M. Toplady, “Rock of Ages” (1776).
[8] Philip P. Bliss, “Hallelujah, What a Savior!” (1875).
[9] Robert Lowry, “Nothing But the Blood” (1876).
[10] Jay E. Adams, From Forgiven to Forgiving (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1989), 18.
[11] R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Matthew’s Gospel (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1943), 758.
[12] R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1936), 385; and John Murray, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistle to the Romans (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1959), 208.
[13] C. Samuel Storms, The Grandeur of God (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1984), 125.
[14] William Hendriksen, A Commentary on the Gospel of John (Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1961), 88.
[15] Hendriksen, 88–89.
[16] John Newton, “Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare,” Trinity Hymnal (Philadelphia, PA: The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1961), hymn 531.
[17] R. C. Sproul, “Suffering and Merit?” Tabletalk 13, no. 1 (February 1989): 5.
[18] William Arnot, Parables of Our Lord (1865; repr., Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel), 214.
[19] R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Matthew’s Gospel (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1943), 758.
[20] Philip E. Hughes, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1962), 36.
[21] John Calvin, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries, vol. 10, The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians and the Epistles to Timothy, Titus and Philemon, eds. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, trans. T. A. Smail (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964), 21–22.
[22] Martin Luther, quoted in Leland Ryken, “Puritan Work Ethic: The Dignity of Life’s Labors,” Christianity Today, October 19, 1979, 17.
[23] Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans: An Exposition of Chapter 6, The New Man (London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1972), 8.
[24] Stephen Brown, “The Song of Grace (Part 1), 1 Peter 5:6-14,” cassette (Key Biscayne, FL: Key Life Tapes, 1990).
[25] Richard Gilbert, “Sola Gratia and Sanctification,” Modem Reformation, September/October 1990, 7.
[26] Charles Hodge, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (1886; repr. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1955), 384.
[27] John Murray, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistle to the Romans, vol. 2 (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1965), 111.
[28] Martin Luther, quoted in R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1936), 746.
[29] Ernest F. Kevan, The Grace of Law (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1976), 63.
[30] Abraham Booth, The Reign of Grace (repr., Swengel, PA: Reiner Publications, 1976), 201.
[31] Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians (London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1959), 133.
[32] Philip E. Hughes, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1962), 258.
[33] Charles Colson, Loving God (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1983), 15.
[34] Samuel Bolton, The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (1645; repr., Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1978), 219.
[35] Gordon J. Wenham, The New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Leviticus (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1979), 33, 35.
[36] Arthur W. Pink, The Doctrine of Sanctification (Swengel, PA: Bible Truth Depot, 1955), 200 (italics in the original).
[37] Pink, 128.
[38] William Hendriksen, New Testament Commentary: Exposition of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1980), 404.
[39] John Murray, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistle to the Romans, vol. 2 (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1965), 114.
[40] Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1978).
[41] William Hendriksen, New Testament Commentary: Exposition of Philippians (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1962), 120.
[42] William L. Coleman, The Pharisees’ Guide to Total Holiness (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany, 1977), 8–9.
[43] This story is based on Charles R. Swindoll, The Grace Awakening (Dallas, TX: Word, 1990), 93.
[44] Sinclair B. Ferguson, John Owen on the Christian Life (Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1987), 154.
[45] Samuel Bolton, The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (1645; repr., Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1978), 220–21.
[46] John Calvin, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries, vol. 10, The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians and the Epistles to Timothy, Titus and Philemon, eds. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, trans. T. A. Smail (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964), 161.
[47] Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1959), 317.
[48] G. Ch. Aalders, Bible Student’s Commentary: Genesis, vol. 1, trans. William Heynen (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1981), 102.
[49] P. C. Craigie, The New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Deuteronomy (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1976), 185 (emphasis added).
[50] J. A. Thompson, The Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Deuteronomy: An Interpretation and Commentary (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1974), 134–35.
[51] Philip E. Hughes, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1962), 451.
[52] John Blanchard, Truth For Life: A Devotional Commentary on the Epistle of James (Welwyn, England: Evangelical Press, 1986), 268.
[53] Lina Sandell Berg, “Day by Day,” trans. Andrew L. Skoog, Praise! Our Songs and Hymns (Grand Rapids, MI: Singspiration Music, 1980), 370.
[54] Calvin, 161.
[55] Hughes, 443.
[56] Annie Johnson Flint quoted in Blanchard, 268.
[57] Charles Swindoll, The Grace Awakening (Dallas, TX: Word, 1990), ix.
[58] Alfred Marshall, The New International Version Interlinear Greek-English New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1976), 764.
[59] F. F. Bruce, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistle to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1984), 317.
[60] Harry Blamires, Recovering the Christian Mind (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988), 32–33.
[61] Gordon D. Fee, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The First Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1987), 37.
[62] John Calvin, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries, vol. 9, The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, eds. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, trans. John W. Fraser (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1960), 317–18.
[63] W. E. Vine, An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Nashville, TN: Royal Publishers, Inc., n.d.), 424.
[64] R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Paul’s First and Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1963), 644.
[65] Joseph Addison Alexander, Isaiah, Translated and Explained (1867; repr., Minneapolis, MN: Klock & Klock Christian Publishers, Inc., 1981), 95.
[66] John Owen, Sin & Temptation, abridged by ed. James M. Houston (Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1983), 99.
[67] Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians (London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1959), 192.
[68] For a more complete discussion of the sovereignty of God in the lives of people, see my book Trusting God (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1988, 2008), especially chapter 4, “God’s Sovereignty over People.”
[69] Philip E. Hughes, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1962), 287.
[70] Samuel Bolton, The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (1645; repr., Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1978), 94.
[71] Ernest Kevan, The Grace of Law (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1976), 190. Kevan quotes verbatim from the Puritans, including their seventeenth-century spelling and pronunciation. I have modernized both for the convenience of the reader.
[72] R. C. Sproul, “Suffering and Merit?” Tabletalk 13, no. 1 (February 1989): 5.
[73] John Brown, An Exposition of Hebrews (1862; repr., Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1961), 232.
[74] Brown, 231.
[75] J. L. Dagg, Manual of Theology (1857; repr., Harrisonburgh, VA: Gano Books, 1982), 76.
[76] L. Berkhof, Systematic Theology (London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1941), 72.
[77] R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of The Acts of the Apostles (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1934), 853.
[78] Charles Hodge, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians (1856; repr., Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1980), 389.
[79] F. F. Bruce, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistle to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1984), 409–10.
[80] For further treatment of the subject of God’s sovereignty and suffering, I again refer you to my book Trusting God (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1988, 2008).
[81] Samuel Bolton, The True Bounds of Christian Freedom (1645; repr., Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1964), 25.
[82] John Newton, “Prayer Answered by Crosses,” quoted in John J. Murray, Behind a Frowning Providence (Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1990), 15–16, 20–21.
[83] John Lillie, Lectures on the First and Second Epistle of Peter (1869; repr., Minneapolis, MN: Klock & Klock Christian Publishers, 1978), 320.
[84] Jerry Bridges, The Practice of Godliness (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1983).
[85] Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1959), 317.
[86] Though I have not quoted him word for word, this definition of abiding in Christ is from Frédéric Louis Godet, Commentary on John’s Gospel (1886; repr., Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1978), 855. This is the best definition of what it means to abide in Christ that I have come across.
[87] R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians, to the Thessalonians, to Timothy, to Titus and to Philemon (Minneapolis, MN; Augsburg, 1937), 170.
[88] F. F. Bruce, The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1984), 365.
[89] David A. Seamands, Healing for Damaged Emotions (Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1981), 26.
[90] John Calvin, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries, vol. 10, The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians and the Epistles to Timothy, Titus and Philemon, eds. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, trans. T. A. Smail (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964), 21–22.