Are we so near the eve of that period when "they who turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever & ever?" What sort of persons should we then be in all holy conversation & godliness? Where is our zeal for God? -Adam Clarke (pub. 1868)
"If men walk no better after worship than they did before, is an ill sign of their being insincere, false and deceitful in it." -Joshua Moodey. "[God] changeth never, and his promise abideth from generation to generation." -
Charles Spurgeon
Real Christians rejoice when they see the name of Jesus being exalted through a testimony.
"Act thus with the gracious hope which God provides for you in the gospel of Jesus Christ: lay hold on it now and evermore." - Charles Spurgeon
"It is a blessed thing to get hold of the doctrine of Christ in such a way that you would have to be dismembered before it could be taken from you, for it has grown into your very self. Mind you have a sure hold of your sure anchor." - Charles Spurgeon
"The virtue lies in the gospel, not in the gospeller; in the exposition, and not in the expounder." -John Eadie
"This is a blessed anchor to the soul: to know that my Priest is within the veil; my King of righteousness and King of peace is before the throne of God for me, representing me, and therefore I am in him forever secure." - Charles Spurgeon
"Now, beloved, I want you to see this anchor. Here is one of its hold-fasts,— God has promised to bless the faithful, he has declared that the seed of Abraham, namely believers, shall be blessed, and made a blessing." - Charles Spurgeon
We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trust doesn’t come naturally. It’s a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith. Chuck Swindoll
"O to have precious faith in a precious Christ! Precious confidence in the precious blood. God grant it to you, and may you exercise it at this very moment." - Charles Spurgeon
“Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’” -
C.S. Lewis
When we try to live by the law, we walk in condemnation. When we try to minister by the law, we put others under condemnation.
"God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors, and blemishes. But He also sees our value." — Max Lucado
The secret to fruit-bearing and anxiety-free living is less about doing and more about abiding. Lest we miss this point, Jesus employs the word abide(s) ten times in seven verses:
Make it your aim to cling to Christ. Abide in him.
"God will never exhort you to do something without providing you with the resources to be able to fulfill it." —Alistair Begg
"Bring your jealousy into the light of God's presence. And then put the rejection of it—that is, the rising tendency within our hearts to foster and tolerate jealousy—into practice moment by moment." —Alistair Begg
Man is nothing; he hath a free will to go to hell, but none to go to heaven, till God worketh in him and you dishonor God by denying election. George Whitefield True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your soul will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law, and in His people. George Whitefield
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