The assurance of Our salvation ... John 17

There is no substitute for reading the greatest of all books, the Bible, as it is the only Book which the Author of it is always present with us when we read it. Hebrews 4:12 tells us just how living and active it is in our life.

So as the Spurgeon quote tells us, we can visit many great books but must live in the Bible. The word "gleaning" is the idea of extracting information from various sources. Its synonyms are obtain, get, draw and derive.
​
I will try to provide help to us to glean well some great books and with that perhaps the "4-i's": Insight, Inspiration, influence and Impact of the books I highlight them. May it all be to His glory and to the benefit and encouragement we need!

https://www.amazon.com/Assura.../dp/1433540517/ref=sr_1_1...

Here is an inaugural post on a favorite book by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, "The Assurance of our Salvation: Exploration the Depth of Jesus' Prayer for His Own".
This in-depth commentary on Christ's true prayer for us before the Father in John 17, we glean some awesome insights into His will and prayers for His followers. As it is stated in chapter 1,
"It is customary for us to refer to the prayer which we find recorded in the Sermon on the Mount and in Luke 11 as the Lord's Prayer; but in reality, of course, that was the prayer which he gave as a kind of model to his disciples and to others, whereas here we have what can truly be called our Lord's own prayer, for here we find him praying his own personal prayer to the Father."

True to Lloyd-Jones' desire to go into the depths of these passages in John 17, we can glean great explanations of doctrine, life principles and promises for living the life of faith and witness of Christ's gospel. May we learn and live well to the Father's glory! These are also available online at MLJ Trust as sermons.

Blessings