Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
J. C. RYLEWe know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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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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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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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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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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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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