"But the young man named Saul saw something else. He saw a Christian die a triumphant death; and how many have been converted by such a spectacle as that!" -
Charles Spurgeon
The assured believer will be ‘more motion than the notion, more work than the word, more life than the lip, more hand than the tongue.’ —Thomas Brooks
Christ stood in no need of us, but we do stand in the necessity of Christ.
Jonathan Edwards
"Do not content yourselves with being in a state of grace, but be also careful that your graces are kept in vigorous and lively exercise." -Richard Baxter.
Our God is sovereign.
Our Savior is alive.
Our sins are forgiven.
Our hope is secured.
Our King is returning.
Believers should be the most joyful people on earth!
People are constantly saying: We want something new; some new doctrine, some new idea. Depend upon it, my friends, if you get tired of the Word of God, and it becomes wearisome to you, you are out of communion with Him.
D.L. Moody
"The Lord is entitled to the very best. Some are getting ripe for glory, so it is but natural that the Master should take the ripest of them. You need not be astonished, therefore, when the most useful people are taken to heaven." - Charles Spurgeon
It is impossible to perform any commandment unless we first love Christ and then do it for His sake. ‘If ye love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15). —
William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 2:199
"Theology is not simply the pursuit of knowledge about God, it is the pursuit of God Himself." -Burk Parsons.
Every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us. Charles Spurgeon
"They tell us that dark days are coming; that is quite true, but the Sun of Righteousness will never be eclipsed." - Charles Spurgeon
The law denounces threats against all who do not conform to her strict commands; but the gospel is a declaration of grace, peace, and mercy -
George Whitefield
“Study Christ more; His life more, His death more, His fullness more, the merciful disposition of Jesus Christ more. Thus shall you be able to grow strong, and shall work through all difficulties and discouragements.” —William Bridge, Works 2:335
In general, praise is an expression of a magnifying and exalting sense of God's greatness and goodness. Jonathan Edwards
"Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aid to the life of faith may be Christian biographies." -A.W.Tozer.
"Do not try, beloved, to forget your old sins; let them ever be before you to keep you humble." - Charles Spurgeon
To be 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 a Christian is to be 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 saved, and that is to be 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 damned. —
Anthony Burgess, Spiritual Refining, Pg. 268
4 things that lead a church to liberalism:
1. Pursuing the world’s wisdom.
2. Embracing the world’s theology.
3. Following the world’s agenda.
4. Employing the world’s methods.
James Montgomery Boice
God wants us to live by His grace. "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18). Therefore, we must walk by faith, since faith accesses grace. "Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand" (Romans 5:2).
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