God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
J. C. RYLEGod is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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 highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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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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There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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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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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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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To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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