John Gill

The Satisfaction of Christ

August 29, 2022 2 min read

The finishing and making an entire end of sin this was Christ's work assigned him in covenant and asserted in prophecy And which was done when he made reconciliation or atonement for sin Dan 9 24 Not

Study to be Quiet

1 Thess 4:11

August 9, 2021 2 min read

And that ye study to be quiet To live peaceably in their own families and to give no disturbance to other families by talebearing whispering and backbiting to behave with quietness in the neighbourhoo

His Majesty

July 27, 2021 1 min read

The heaven is His throne here He sits enthroned in all the glory of His majesty with all His attendants upon Him and courtiers about Him The Lord Christ is now in heaven and where He will continue to

Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?

April 18, 2021 2 min read

Then Simon Peter answered him Lord to whom shall we go thou hast the words of eternal life John 6 68 As it was with Peter and the rest of the disciples so it is with all sensible sinners and true beli

Sin Will Not Have Dominion Over You

April 18, 2021 2 min read

For sin shall not have dominion over you Rom 6 4 It has dominion over God's people in a state of unregeneracy and after conversion it is still in them and has great power oftentimes to hinder that whi

According to His Mercy

October 23, 2020 2 min read

Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Tit 3 5 The mercy of God is natural and essential

The Sin of God's People

May 24, 2020 2 min read

Though God sees sin in His people with His eye of omniscience yet not with His eye of revenging justice Though He sees them in respect of His providence which reaches all things yet not in respect of

Don't Tell Me of Losing

May 22, 2020 1 min read

Don't tell me of losing I value nothing in comparison with gospel truths I am not afraid to be poor I have chosen to suffer reproach the loss of good name and reputation to forego popularity wealth an

The Incarnation

May 15, 2020 1 min read

The incarnation of Christ is a most extraordinary and amazing affair It is wonderful indeed that the eternal Son of God should become man that He should be born of a pure virgin without any concern of

Jesus Christ the One Mediator Between God and Man

May 8, 2020 2 min read

Now the saints have but one advocate and that is enough for them the apostle does not say we have advocates but an advocate not angels nor saints departed but Jesus Christ only who is the one Mediator

No Other Savior

September 7, 2019 1 min read

There is no other SAVIOR but CHRIST to look to no other MEDIATOR between God and men to make use of no other PHYSICIAN of value for diseased and sin-sick souls to apply unto no other FOUNTAIN but His

Of Christ as the Covenant Head of the Elect

July 13, 2019 8 min read

There are various characters relations and offices which Christ sustains in the covenant of grace among which that of a federal Head is one Christ is often said to be the Head of the Church not of any

John Gill's Final Words to His Nephew

July 11, 2019 1 min read

I depend wholly and alone upon the free sovereign eternal unchangeable love of God the firm and everlasting covenant of grace and my interest in the persons of the Trinity for my whole salvation and n

Download the Complete Works of John Gill

January 1, 2019 1 min read

We've made all of John Gill's writings available here at Pristine Grace You can download the complete works of John Gill here

Justification

December 24, 2018 1 min read

God the Father contrived the scheme and method of justification it would have been a puzzling question to angels and men had not He resolved it How should man sinful man be just with God But God in Hi

The Eternity of God

December 21, 2018 5 min read

The Eternity of God or his being from everlasting to everlasting is without succession or any distinctions of time succeeding one another as moments minutes hours days months and years the reasons are

The Doctrine of Imputed Righteousness Without Works

December 4, 2018 3 min read

To inquire what is meant by the imputation of this righteousness which is the way in which it becomes ours and indeed is the only way in which it can become ours The Hebrew word choshek in Genesis 15

What I Depend Upon

December 2, 2018 1 min read

I depend wholly and alone upon the free sovereign eternal unchangeable and everlasting love of God the firm and everlasting covenant of grace and my interest in the persons of the Trinity for my whole

Justification as an Eternal and Immanent Act of God

From A Body of Doctrinal Divinity

July 23, 2004 25 min read

Justification is an act of God's grace flowing from his sovereign good will and pleasure the elect of God are said to be justified by his grace and as if that expression was not strong enough to set f

1729 Goat Yard Declaration of Faith

July 21, 2004 7 min read

A Declaration of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ at Horsely-down under the Pastoral Care of Mr John Gill &c Having been enabled through divine grace to give up ourselves to the Lord and