Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
J. C. RYLENo one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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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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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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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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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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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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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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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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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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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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