Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
J. C. RYLEKnowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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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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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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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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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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The 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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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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