The Christian who does good from knowing the Christ-life is inside him = “He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” (C.S Lewis)
“Because, of course, a man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales-resistance.” (C.S Lewis)
“Before we can be cured we must want to be cured.” (C.S Lewis)
“The first birth gets you here. The second birth (rebirth in God) gets you outta here.” (Phil Robertson)
"For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ." (Robert Murray M'Cheyne)
“The giver of the gift is better than the gift itself.” (Jackie Hill Perry)
“Sin never stays inside of you.” (Tawfiq Cotman-El)
“Sin will take you further than you ever planned to go.” (Tawfiq Cotman-El)
“…the godliest, wisest, and strongest, all fell victim to the sin of sex.” (Voddie Baucham)
“The world is more willing to receive the Gospel than Christians are to give it.” (Tim Keesee)
“Learning is not for accumulation, but for multiplication.” (Tim Keesee)
“Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” (Mark Summers)
“The early church at prayer - 1. They had a designated time - so do we. 2. They had a designated place - so do we. 3. They had people present - so should we. 4. They made church prayer a real priority - so should we. 5. They saw real answers to prayer – so will we, if we remain steadfast and faithful to pray together as a church. Our Lord and his apostles laid tremendous emphasis on prayer; indeed, the whole Bible does so. So believers do not have their spiritual priorities right if prayer is crowded out by a busy life.” (J. W. Grier)
“The design of these penal, vicarious, and expiatory sufferings of the divinely appointed, divinely qualified, divinely accredited, divine Saviour, is to bring men to God; to restore ignorant and deluded man to the true knowledge of God, guilty man to the favour of God, depraved man to the image of God, and miserable man to the enjoyment of God; thus making him truly wise, truly good, and truly happy for ever.” (John Brown (1784 – 1858), Exposition of First Peter: Basis of the Exhortation, pg. 11)
“Analysis paralysis: After months in a slough of vacillation, I found some helpful insight from a brother. He pointed out that I, by trying to gain absolute certainty on this decision, was unwittingly trying to eat of the tree of the knowledge of Good and evil. But God was not going to give me exhaustive knowledge on it. I would have to go on by faith, trusting God with the whole course of my life. Raw faith was the only way out.” (Bob Jennings, Sermon Notes)
“You cannot hasten matters by impatience, and it adds much to the discomfort by not seeing the Father at the helm of all one’s affairs.” (Anthony Norris Groves, pg. 419 – Father of Faith Missions)
“Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.” (J.C. Ryle)
“If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.” (George Muller)
“Know what God is about, especially in respect of your calling, and keep within it. Most people crack up because they try to do what God never intended them to do. They destroy themselves by sinful ambition, just as much as the drunkard and drug addict. Ambition drives them on.” (William Still, pg. 45, The Work of the Pastor)
“Ministers, in order to be burning and shining lights, should walk closely with God, and keep near to Christ; that they may ever be enlightened and enkindled by Him. And they should be much in seeking God, and conversing with Him by prayer, who is the fountain of light and love.” (Jonathan Edwards, The Supremacy of God in Preaching, pg 101)
“Jesus Christ is without parallel. Neither all the men upon earth nor all the shinning myriads of glorified angels in heaven can, in any degree, equal Him who is the great Messiah, the God-man.” (Daniel Rowland, Daniel Rowland and the Great Evangelical Awakening in Wales, pg 371)
“Blind men see no beauty in a sunset; deaf men are unmoved by a song; beasts have no appreciation for art; carnal men find no worth in God.” (Paul Washer)
“We must not select a few favorite Bible passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.” (A. W. Tozer)
“Proud man always wants to do it himself, but God’s way is faith. A helpless look to God for sheer mercy and grace. Unbelieving man wants something he can see, but God’s way is believing and beholding the invisible.” (Bob Jennings, Chapter 27 of Romans Commentary)
“This is one of the most common deceptions in which men ruin their souls. They seek to apply themselves to victory over the troubling sin but do not allow their conviction to lead them to the gospel. They perish in their ‘reformation’.” (John Owen, pg 44, The Mortification of Sin)
“People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives… and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted.” (Nate Saint, missionary martyr)
“There are two sins which were Christ’s sorest enemies–covetousness and envy. Covetousness sold Christ and envy delivered Him.” (Thomas Manton, The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D.: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 4, pg. 303)
“The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.” (Thomas Watson)
“I have given God countless reasons not to love me. None of them has been strong enough to change Him.” (Paul Washer)
“The aim of Satanic power is to cut off communication with God. To accomplish this aim he deludes the soul with a sense of defeat, covers him with a thick cloud of darkness, depresses and oppresses the spirit, which in turn hinders prayer and leads to unbelief—thus destroying all power (instead of seeing Hebrews 11:1).” (J. O. Fraser, Behind the Ranges (p.157))
“Let a man go to the grammar school of faith and repentance, before he goes to the university of election and predestination.” (John Bradford)
“I trust we are of the same seed, and shall at last stand before the same throne for ever; and who knows but we shall first be tied to the same stake, and ascend up in the same chariot. Let us not then quarrel, though we can’t see alike.” (Howell Harris to John Wesley, Daniel Rowland pg. 92)
“Ask God for anything, but let Him judge as to the manner, measure, and timing of the giving.” (Andrew Bonar)
“One of the awful things about pride is that it deceives us; we may think we are serving God and others, but in reality we are serving ourselves only.” (Alexander Strauch, Biblical Eldership pg. 92)
“My aim never was, how much I could obtain, but rather how much I could give.” (George Müller)
“You may look down with contempt on some who do not know so much as you, and yet they may have twice your holiness and be doing more service to God.” (C.H. Spurgeon)
“When a man is speaking to God, he is at his very acme. It is the highest activity of the human soul, and therefore it is at the same time the ultimate test of a man’s true spiritual condition. There is nothing that tells the truth about us as Christian people so much as our prayer life. Everything we do in the Christian life is easier than prayer.” (D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Sermon on the Mount, vol. 2, p. 46)
“Do you want God to do something so that you can claim that it had something to do with you? With your own piety; your prayers? All that is a work of the flesh.” (Paul Washer, Sermon: He Drank Your Hell)
“God has a plan and a purpose and every single thing that He has ever purposed He certainly will bring to pass. We ought not to use the language, ‘God is trying to do this or that.’ He never tries to do anything.“ (Charles Leiter, Providence: The Hand of God Over Everything)
“I have since thought that the effect of my leaving them (thirty people under conviction) as I did in the advanced stages of their conviction – was evidently beneficial. It drove them from all human dependence. Distressing as it is, and cruel as it may seem, it is necessary for them to feel that no arm but God’s can help them. Similar effects from like circumstances have heretofore been witnessed.” (Asahel Nettleton, The Life and Labours of Asahel Nettleton pg. 120)
“The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.” (Henry Martyn)
“Nothing sets a Christian so much out of the devil’s reach than humility.” (Jonathan Edwards)
“Some women spend hours preparing physically for church. What would happen if we all spent the same amount of time preparing spiritually for church with prayer and meditation?” (Leonard Ravenhill)
“My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.” (Samuel Rutherford)
“To graduate a preacher from a seminary without a prayer life is like sending a car from the assembly line without a motor.” (Leonard Ravenhill)
“Our little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night’s welcome home to Heaven.” (Samuel Rutherford)
“Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.” (Hudson Taylor)
“If I had spent more time alone with God rather than preaching and planning how I was going to change the world, I would be a very different man.” (Leonard Ravenhill, In Light of Eternity, pg. 496)
“The man who will not lay down his lifestyle for God will never lay down his life for Him.” (Leonard Ravenhill, In Light of Eternity, pg. 430)
“A man who is intimate with God never needs to be intimidated by men.” (Leonard Ravenhill)
“Perish means perish; it does not mean go out of existence. It is the opposite to eternal life. It is the same as that place where their ‘worm dieth not and their fire is not quenched.’” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans, vol. 2, p. 107)
“Christians are to shine, not because they come from better stock than others, but because they have the light and life of the gospel.” (Paul Washer)
“He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; he that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.” (John Bunyan)
“Works! Works! A man to get to heaven by works! I would soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand! How willingly would I live forever to preach Christ, but I die to be with Him.” (George Whitefield)
“Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nevertheless, He’s the one who loves you most.” (A. W. Tozer)
“Unbelief in God is the crime of all men’s crimes. God has filled the universe with evidences of His existence - its unity, diversity, immensity, etc. God has even put it in the conscience of man to know He exists. But man is dishonest and that is his condemnation.” (Bob Jennings)
“I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has given me a lifeboat and said, ‘Moody, save all you can.’” (D.L. Moody)
“Being a ‘sought after’ conference speaker is no evidence of God’s approval, but to labor in anonymity and to be holy when no one is looking.” (Paul Washer)
“The more certain you are that all is well with your soul, the more confident you ought to be, the more willing you ought to be, to dash out onto the battlefield.” (Tim Conway)
“Of all I would wish to say this is the sum; my brethen, preach Christ, always and evermore. He is the whole gospel. His person, offices, and work must be our one great, all-comprehending theme. The world needs to be told of its Saviour, and of the way to reach him.” (C.H Spurgeon)
“Give of thy sons to bear the message glorious; Give of thy wealth to speed them on their way; Pour out thy soul for them in prayer victorious; And all thou spendest Jesus will repay.” (Mary A. Thompson, O Zion, Haste)
“God is more concerned with the state of people’s hearts than He is with the state of their feelings.” (A.W Tozer)
“There is no form of sinfulness to which you are addicted which Christ cannot remove.” (Charles H. Spurgeon)
“I would be very slow to try to be a public figure beyond my church. If God has a public role for you beyond your church, that will happen without your design. If you strategize for that, it will probably have too much vanity in it to be of great service.” (John Piper, C. J. Mahaney Interviews John Piper)
“What is there in the earth worth living for but the glory of God and the salvation of souls?” (William Carey)
“The most effective poison to lead to men to ruin is to boast in themselves, in their own wisdom and power.” (John Calvin)
“God’s power is endless. Do not give up hope for any sinner. Pray to God to save them. Let not any conversion astonish you; be astonished rather, that anyone should possibly remain unconverted.” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
“I am not afraid of being charged, as I frequently am, of trying to frighten you, for I am definitely trying to do so. If the wondrous love of God in Christ Jesus and the hope of glory is not sufficient to attract you, then, such is the value I attach to the worth of your soul, I will do my utmost to alarm you with a sight of the terrors of Hell.” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Mark 6:26, March 5, 1933)
“Love is a plant of heavenly origin. The unconsecrated heart cannot originate or produce it. It is found only in the heart where Jesus reigns.” (Evangline Booth)
“The preacher who brings the message most need to hear will often be the preacher they least like to hear.” (John MacArthur)
“A cleansed conscience is not a conscience that managed to forget guilt, it’s a conscience that has experienced guilt dealt with by the price being fully paid at the Cross.” (Ryan Fullerton, A Weak Conscience Seared by Legalism)
“The world is more willing to receive the Gospel than Christians are to give it.” (Tim Keesee)
“The Lord was looking for someone weak enough to use and he used me.” (Hudson Taylor, missionary)
“We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we’re sinners.” (R.C Sproul)
“Reading the Bible takes time, but it is worth more than gold.” (Elisabeth Elliot)
“Christianity is not the removal of suffering, but the addition of grace to endure suffering triumphantly.” (Watson)
“Reading the whole Bible is how you become a whole Christian.” (J.C Ryle)
“The cost” of being a true Christian:
It will cost you your self-righteousness.
It will cost you your sins.
It will cost you your love of ease.
It will cost you the favor of the world.” (J.C Ryle, Holiness)
“I smile at the wave that slams me against the Rock of Ages.” (Spurgeon)
“The first link between my soul and Christ is, not my goodness, but my badness; not my merit, but my misery; not my standing, but my falling; not my riches, but my need. He comes to visit His people, yet not to admire their beauties, but to remove their deformities; not to reward their virtues, but to forgive their sins.” (C.H Spurgeon)
“He loves not Christ at all, that loves Him not above all.” (St. Austin)
“I believe in God as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
“My brethren, let me say, be ye like Christ at all times, imitate Him in public Most of us live in some sort of publicity; many of us are called to work before our fellow men every day. We are watched; our words are caught; our Lies are examined - taken to pieces. The eagle-eyed, argue eyed world observes everything we do; and sharp critics are upon us. Let us live the life of Christ in public. Let us take care that we exhibit our Master and not ourselves, so that we can say, It is no longer that life, but Christ that liveth in be." Take heed that you carry this into the church too, you who are church members. Be like Christ in the church. How many there are of you like Diotrephes, seeking preeminence (3J0.9). How many are trying to have some dignity and power over their fellow Christians, instead of remembering that it is the fundamental rule of all our churches, that there all men are equal-alike brethren, alike to be received as such. Carry out the spirit of Christ then, in your churches, wherever ye are. Let your fellow members say of you, "He has been with Jesus;
...But most of all take care to have religion in your houses. A religious house is The best proof of true piety. Not my chapel, it is my house- not my minister, it is my home companion who can best judge me. It is the servant, the child, the wife, the friend, that can discern most of my real character. A good man will improve his household. Rowland Fill once said he would not believe man to be a true Christian, if his wife, his children, his servants, and even the dog
and cat, were not the better for it...If your household is not the better for your Christianity, if men cannot say, "This is a better house than others? Then be
not deceived ye have nothing of the grace of God…Carry out your godliness in your family. Let everyone say that you have practical religion. Let it be known and read in the house, as well as in the world. Take care of your character there; for what we are there, we really are.” (Charles Spurgeon)
“I evangelize not to others, rather, I evangelize to myself. It’s not that I want for the latter to happen in order to do the former. That’s not exactly it. Listen to what I’m saying! I’m at the constant precipice of falling into sin. We all are. It is God’s Grace that sustains the believer. Therefore, I must constantly show my own heart why exactly Christ is Lord and Savior. Only then, when my heart knows Christ and Christ is in my heart, does my evangelism seep into others hearts and minds. May God be with us.”
“Backsliding begins with dusty Bibles.” (Charles Spurgeon)
“Preach to yourself the most because the only other person that does is the devil.”
"There are those who are dead in sin and those who are dead to sin." (Leonard Ravenhill)
“It is in meditation that the heart holds and appropriates the Word. Just as in reflection the understanding grasps all the meaning and bearings of a truth, so in meditation the heart, assimilates it and makes it a part of its own life. We need continual reminding that the heart means the will and the affection. The meditation of the heart implies desire, acceptance, surrender, love. Out of the heart are the issues of life; what the heart truly believes, that it receives with love and joy, and allows to master and rule the life. The intellect gathers and prepares the food on which we are to feed. In meditation the heart takes it in and feeds on it.” (Andrew Murray)
“The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.” (Thomas Brooks)
“The reason why God has given us a thinking faculty, is that we may think on His Name. When our thoughts run out in vain things, we should think with ourselves thus: Did God give us this talent to misemploy? Did He give us thoughts that we should think of everything but Him?” (Thomas Watson, The Great Gain of Godliness)
“Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.“ (Paul Washer)
“Preach and live as if Christ was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and is returning tomorrow.” (Martin Luther)
“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” (C.S Lewis)
“Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.” (JC Ryle)
“A Pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself.” (A.W Tozer)
“The more we pursue Christ, the more we want to proclaim Christ.” (Donald S. Whitney, pg. 139 of Spirtual Disciplines for the Christian Life)
“Religion is man seeking God. Christianity is God seeking man.” (Martin Lloyd-Jones)
"The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less." (Tim Keller)
"Death is a curse to the sinner. But to the believer, it is the gate of life." (Charles Spurgeon)
"We are not saved by obedience, for obedience is the result of salvation. We are saved by faith because faith leads us to obey." — Charles Spurgeon
“Doctrines held as a matter of creed are like bread in the hand, which ministers no nourishment to the frame; but doctrine accepted by the heart, is as food digested, which, by assimilation, sustains and builds up the body. In us truth must be a living force, an active energy, an indwelling reality, a part of the woof and warp of our being. If it be in us, we cannot henceforth part with it. A man may lose his garments or his limbs, but his inward parts are vital, and cannot be torn away without absolute loss of life.” — Charles Spurgeon
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