If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
J. C. RYLEObedience 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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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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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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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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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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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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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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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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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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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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