There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
J. C. RYLESicknesses, 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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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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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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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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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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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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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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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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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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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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