The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RYLELet 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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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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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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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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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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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 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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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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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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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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