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.
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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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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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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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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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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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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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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