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.
J. C. RYLEWe 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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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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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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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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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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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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