The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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