According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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.
Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.
It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally those who keep up closest communion with Christ and are most constant in prayer.
There is something sadly wrong when it is more important to us whether others are a part of our denomination, rather than whether they repent of sin, believe on Christ and live holy lives.
Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
On the one hand stand salvation by free grace for Christ’s sake; but on the other stands renewal of the carnal heart by the Spirit. We must be changed as well as forgiven; we must be renewed as well as redeemed.
The key to understanding the Bible is Jesus Christ.
We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek salvation, unless He first called us by His grace. Without a divine call, no one can be saved.
However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
The children of God all have a cross to bear. A suffering Savior generally has suffering disciples.
The standard of the world, and the standard of the Lord Jesus, are indeed widely different. They are more than different. They are flatly contradictory one to the other.
If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look on myself as an accomplice of the devil.
A right heart leans on Christ, hangs on Christ, builds on Christ and cleaves to Christ.
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of ‘the image of Christ’ must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.
We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to be lightly esteemed. An ordinance to which the great Head of the Church submitted, ought to be ever honorable in the eyes of professing Christians.
We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.
Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.
Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their “virtues” as others do from their sins.