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 Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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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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To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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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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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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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 does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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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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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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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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