The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
J. C. RYLENever be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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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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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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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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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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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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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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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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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