If you “left the faith,” Your faith wasn’t in Christ.
Since Jesus came from Heaven to walk among us, Christians tend to think that walking away from anyone, or letting anyone walk away from the truth, is a failure on our part.
But Jesus walked away or let others walk away… a lot.
So many of us have been taught that good little Christians do not ever cut off toxic people. But that simply isn’t Jesus’ model. It’s time to shake off the false guilt and follow His lead. any of us have been taught that good little Christians do not ever cut off toxic people. But that simply isn’t Jesus’ model. It’s time to shake off the false guilt and follow His lead.
“God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.”
~Elisabeth Elliot~
It is so easy to grow comfortable in your Christian walk. Ask the Lord to refill you with the power of His Holy Spirit. Then step out by faith, despite any persecution, to make disciples. We are to read our Bibles, pray, fellowship, and share our faith to progress in our Christian walk.
Dr. McGee concluded, "We had better concentrate on the areas in which there is an agreement now."
Sinners are no longer stunned in the presence of Believers— is it because we look so much like them? — Preacher
Jesus doesn’t win. He already won.
Do nothing upon which you cannot ask God’s blessing.
Charles Spurgeon
Nothing can deserve mercy... We may force God to punish us, but not to love us.
Thomas Watson
When I was younger and I watched The Wizard of Oz, I always wondered how someone could talk if they didn't have a brain. Now it's a no-brainer.....
If a man is going to walk with God, he must walk in the old paths, for God has not changed one whit.
D.L. Moody
His love and grace in its most glorious exercises are for our good.
Jonathan Edwards
Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions. -
JC Ryle
"Retaliate with blessing." ~
Elisabeth Elliot
I recommend to every believer here a daily self-examination.
Charles Spurgeon
The first link between my soul and Christ is not my goodness but my badness, not my merit but my misery, not my riches but my need.
Charles Spurgeon
The strongest men are not found in the gym. They are found on their knees in the presence of God.
Lisa Lim
Holiness gives peace. Sin raises a storm in the conscience; 'There is no peace to the wicked.' - Thomas Watson
To labor after conformity unto God by outward actions only is to make an image of the living God, hewed out of the stock of a dead tree.
"God calls His teachers to show progress, not perfection." -
Jeramie Rinne
Discernment demands that where Scripture speaks with clarity, a hard line must be drawn. -John MacArthur
How convincingly clear are those providences that demonstrate the being, wisdom, power, love, and faithfulness of God in the supporting, preserving and delivering of the righteous in all their dangers, fears, and difficulties!
The Christian doesn’t look to Hollywood or Harvard for their worldview.
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