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.
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
No salvation without regeneration – no spiritual life without a new birth – no heaven without a new heart.
The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
The temple in which the Lord Jesus delights most, is a broken and contrite heart, renewed by the Holy Spirit.
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
When the Lord Jesus Christ gives a man remission of sins, He also gives him repentance.
We have the truth and we need not be afraid to say so.
The true Christian does not need to be reminded that they have a crucified Master. They OFTEN think of Him.
Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God’s judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.
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.
If you and sin are friends, you and God are not yet reconciled.
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.
The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam.
If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord’s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers.
I am one of those old-fashioned ministers who believe the whole Bible and everything that it contains.
Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.