We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, ‘Is it pleasant?’ but, ‘Is it true?’
CHARLES SPURGEONObedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.
More Charles Spurgeon Quotes
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My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.
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I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?
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A person who is really saved by Grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve Christ. The new life within him tells him that. Instead of regarding it as a burden, he gladly surrenders himself, body, soul, and spirit, to the Lord.
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
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When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.
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Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip
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No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.
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Every Christian man has a choice between being humble and being humbled.
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I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.
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Patience! patience! You are always in a hurry, but God is not.
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Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.
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A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.
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The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.
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Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.
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My entire theology can be condensed into four words, ‘JESUS DIED FOR ME’.
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I do believe we slander Christ when we think we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ crucified.
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Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog.
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Defend the Bible? I’d sooner defend a lion. You don’t defend the Bible; you open its cage and let it roar.
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His eyes never slumber, and His hands never rest; His heart never ceases to beat with love, and His shoulders are never weary of carrying His people’s burdens.
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A man says to me, ‘Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?’ No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
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It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.
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Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.
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We wept when we were born though all around us smiled; so shall we smile when we die while all around us weep.
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The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”
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There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.
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If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going there yourself.
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