Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
J. C. RYLESin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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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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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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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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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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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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