It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLELet us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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I 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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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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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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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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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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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