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. RYLEDo not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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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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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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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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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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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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