It seems to me that doubt is worse than trial. I had sooner suffer any affliction than be left to question the gospel or my own interest in it.
It is an unfortunate thing for the Christian to be melancholy. If there is any man in the world that has a right to have a bright, clear face and a flashing eye, it is the man whose sins are forgiven him, who is saved with God’s salvation.
Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy.
The greater our present trials, the louder will our future songs be, and the more intense our joyful gratitude.
It is not all darkness in a heart which can cry, “My God”.
Men will never be great in theology until they are great in suffering.
The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul’s conflict, force and fervor, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well.
To pray is to cast off your burdens, it is to tear away your rags, it is to shake off your diseases, it is to be filled with spiritual vigor, it is to reach the highest point of Christian health.
He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it.
A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.
The assurance of every truth of Scripture is just the beauty of it. First because He has promised to do it; and God’s promises are bonds that never yet were dishonored. Secondly, because Christ Jesus hath taken an oath that He will do it.
An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.
Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, “Ready for either”.
I will do as much as I can, says one. Any fool can do that. He that believes in Christ does what he cannot do, attempts the impossible, and performs it.
When God places a burden upon you, He places His arms underneath you.
Unbelief is the mother of vice; it is the parent of sin; and, therefore, I say it is a pestilent evil-a master sin.
Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse than we do. Since union is strength, he does his best to promote separation.
Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect.
Bible study is the metal that forges a Christian.
All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.