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.
J. C. RYLEThe fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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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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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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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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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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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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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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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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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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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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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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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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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