Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
J. C. RYLELet 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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We 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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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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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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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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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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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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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