Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
J. C. RYLEIt is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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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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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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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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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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