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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.

J. C. Ryle

Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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Addiction Destroy Devil Scripture Substitution
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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Better Expectation God Representation World
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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God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Identity Religious Shame Thinking
What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Best Fake Reading Regular Safety
There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Bridge Earth God Heaven Son
We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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Give Up Ideas Impossible Try Walk Wasted Time World
Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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Believe Body Faith Life Person Prayer Soul
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Beautiful Grace Humility Pride Rare Sin
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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Beginning Book Heart Learning Need Prayer Willing Wisdom
Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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God Grace Ourselves Poor Prayer
Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Evidence Forgiveness Sin
Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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Confession God Heart Himself Live Love
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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God Himself Respect Worth
Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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Empty Goodness Himself Time Wait
If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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Himself Live Love Shame Talk
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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Conscience Evil Fear Heart Ourselves
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Beginning Neglect Prayer Privacy
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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Death God Live Presence Ready
True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Believe Communication God Live Person Proposition True
Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Religion Satisfaction Standard World
The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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God Religious Scripture World
God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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God Save Sin Willing
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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Account Action Consequence Forever
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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Build Goodness Oneself Parents Training
Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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Beware Evidence Repent
The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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Alone Company Eyes God Home Room Yourself

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