Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
J. C. RYLEImagination 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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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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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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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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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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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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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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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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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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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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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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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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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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