Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
J. C. RYLEExcept a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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