The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
J. C. RYLENever let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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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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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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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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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.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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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 true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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