Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
J. C. RYLENever be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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