Holiness is the quintessence of happiness. -
Thomas Watson
Very few ships sink at sea; they are split by rocks and shallow places in the water. The man who can get off the jagged rocks of pride and unbelief and escape the sands of fear of men and the love of the world will pass safely through the greatest storm that overtakes him. —
Gurnall
"Through floods or flames, we must follow [Christ]. In life or in death, we must follow him, and never, never start aside. And what an honor it is for us to be allowed to follow such a Lord!" - Charles Spurgeon
There is this encouragement also for us to set our love upon Christ - that if we do, he is willing to be enjoyed by us as fully as the soul can desire or is capable of.
Jonathan Edwards
Human eloquence or persuasiveness of speech are the mere trappings of the dead if the living Spirit be absent; the prophet may preach to the bones in the valley, but it must be the breath from Heaven which will cause the slain to live.
D.L. Moody
They who seek Christ are already being sought by him. Charles Spurgeon
"One of the greatest works of grace in the heart is to humble our pride." —
Charles Spurgeon
Jesus is not a god.
Jesus did not become God.
Jesus does not aspire to be God.
Jesus Christ is God.
"You will find that a disobedient spirit will be sure to bring upon you a dreadful chastisement, but the kindly yielding spirit of an obedient child will make the cross lighter than it would otherwise have been." - Charles Spurgeon
"The only way to dispossess the heart of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one." -Thomas Chalmers
“I wish to have some serious conversation with you.” - William Wilberforce to John Newton, 2 Dec 1785. He sought his advice having accepted Christ, expecting that his political career was now over. Newton advised him to stay in Parliament. 46 years later Abolition was achieved.
"Readers are leaders only if they turn their learning into living." -
Warren Wiersbe.
"One mark of a man's true wisdom is his knowledge of his ignorance." —
Charles Spurgeon
"It is a blessed thing to see Christians take up their cross resignedly, accepting the will of their Father in heaven; and this is what we are called upon to do." -
Charles Spurgeon
In the legal covenant, our love and work are first, and then favor and justification [follows]; but in the gospel covenant, God’s love and favor in justification are first, and then our love and obedience follow. —
Ralph Erskine, Works 1:453
Come, come, my guilty brethren; I beseech you for Christ's sake, and for your immortal soul's sake, to come unto Christ. - George Whitefield
If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep them coming back.
Charles Spurgeon
"God is always wise. There can be no accidents, no mistakes." —
Charles Spurgeon
"God made a woman and not another man. He created heterosexuality, not homosexuality. God's first institution was marriage, not the fraternity." -John Piper.
Gabriel announces the entire work of Jesus Christ: His saving work: “He will save His people.” His righteous life: “He will be great.” His divine nature: “He will be the Son of the Most High.” His eternal kingdom: “His kingdom will have no end.” (Mt 1:21; Lk 1:32–33)
"He has made that cross for us to carry; so dare we say, “We will not carry it”?" -
Charles Spurgeon
If you would exercise your faith as that you may not be discouraged whatever your condition may be; then trust in the Lord [Jesus] Himself and not in your own duties, your own enlargements, humiliation, or holiness. —William Bridge, Works 2:269
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