One compromise here, another there and soon enough the so-called Christian and the man in the world look the same.
An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly.
Be hard on yourself and easy on others. Carry your own cross but never lay one on the back of another
True and absolute freedom is only found in the presence of God.
Silence is often the most eloquent answer to our critics.
Our problem is that we go from toy to toy rather than from glory to glory.
The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him.
If I am to wholly follow the Lord Jesus Christ, I must forsake everything that is contrary to Him.
No one can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God.
God is looking for men in whose hands His glory is safe.
What I cannot know by reason, I can know by simply believing.
If we take away any of the attributes of God, we do not weaken God but we weaken our concept of God.
If you never mention the Lord in conversation with each other,isn't that proof that you aren't so concerned about Him?
If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.
The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense.
To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take refuge in a liberal interpretation of them. We evangelicals also know how to avoid the sharp point of obedience by means of fine and intricate explanations. These are tailor-made for the flesh. They excuse disobedience, comfort carnality and make the words of Christ of none effect. And the essence of it all is that Christ simply could not have meant what He said. His teachings are accepted even theoretically only after they have been weakened by interpretation.
What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them...we must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly.
Only a disciple can make a disciple.
We must never rest until everything inside us worships God.
To desire revival...and at the same time to neglect(personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another.
The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians.
Faith is a re-directing of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.
Only the redeemed have the ability to like what God likes and to be pleased with what pleases God.
The gravest question any of us face is whether we do or do not love the Lord.
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.
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