According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
J. C. RYLEI maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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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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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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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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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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It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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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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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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