"Let no man think to understand the gospel, who knows nothing of the law." -
John Owen.
Never discourage yourself with your own notions. Consider that you are blind and lost and therefore must give yourself up wholly and forever to your guide which is the counsel of God in his Word. Press forward, and let their circumstance be what it will.
Johnathan Edwards
"Public prayers, as a rule, ought to be short and condensed." -
E.M.Bounds.
"How shameful will it be to be branded as an apostate from truth and holiness, from Christ and his ways." - Charles Spurgeon
Rather than seeking revelations, visions, dreams, experiences, signs, and wonders, believers need only to study and obey what they already have — the Bible.
"Satan is sure to try to hinder us when we are earnest in prayer." —
Charles Spurgeon
"O beware of a wandering heart, for it will be an awful thing to be filled with your own backslidings." - Charles Spurgeon
He shall never be damned for his sins, whose heart is set upon killing his sins. —
Thomas Brooks, Works 3:381
Do you expect to be honored in the world where your Lord was crucified?
Charles Spurgeon
The primary business of the Christian Gospel is not to give us blessings. I emphasize the *primary* purpose. Its primary function is to reconcile us to God. -
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
"O Lord, hold thou us up, and keep us from falling by little and little, lest we plunge into overt sin and continue in it for a season" -
Charles Spurgeon
What a sad state of affairs, to suppose that we no longer need the moment-by-moment sustaining grace of God. —
William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 1:213
"We are on a race course. The point from which we start is conversion, the goal to which we run is heaven, and the prize for which we contend is a crown of glory...So run that you may obtain. Go forward. Do not rest where you are." -
Mary Winslow.
remember Paul’s instructions on how to deal with fear:
1. Rejoice in the Lord.
2. Trust the Lord’s nearness.
3. Be anxious about nothing.
4. Pray and be thankful.
5. Take all your requests to the Lord.
(Phil 4:4–7)
"God will make room for us in heaven when there is no room for us here." —
Charles Spurgeon
"Truth is that which corresponds to reality as perceived by God." -
R.C.Sproul.
"Every little backsliding, as men call it, is a great mischief; every little going back even in the heart from God, if it never comes to words or deeds, yet will involve us in some measure of sorrow." - Charles Spurgeon
Remember God no matter what you are doing, whether you are in your office or closet, in church, or on the road. —
William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 2:97
“Don’t cut corners. Christ-centered preaching produces Christ-centered churches.” ~
Conrad Mbewe
"If sin were cleanly removed from us sorrow would be removed also, in fact, we should be in heaven since a state of perfect holiness must involve perfect blessedness." -
Charles Spurgeon
"Give God yourself, you all. He is worthy of it." — Charles Spurgeon
As for the sin against the Holy Ghost, he never sins against the Holy Ghost that fears he has sinned against the Holy Ghost. —William Bridge
Your business is to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. God's business is to draw His own to Himself.
Charles Spurgeon
"If God is the Founder, Owner, Governor and Benefactor of families, then families are joint to worship God and pray unto Him." -Thomas Doolittle.
God never waits for a majority, nor does He ever need one, to accomplish His work.
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