John Flavel Quotes About Christianity

Quotes about: Christianity

• The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.

  John Flavel

  Christian, Jesus, Law

  John Flavel (1996). “The Method of Grace: How the Holy Spirit Works”, p.264, Hartland Publications

• The carnal person fears man, not God. The strong Christian fears God, not man. The weak Christian fears man too much, and God too little.

  John Flavel

  God, Christian, Strong

  John Flavel (1770). “The whole works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel ...”, p.4

• Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too long; you have kept other vineyards too long; you have trifled about the borders of religion too long. Will you now resolve to look better to your hearts? Will you hate and come out of the crowds of business and clamors of the world and retire yourselves more than you have done? Oh, that this day you would resolve upon it!

  John Flavel

  Hate, Heart, Long

• Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer three‌–‌your own lust, Satan's temptation, and your enemy's heart.

  John Flavel

  Christian, Revenge, Heart

• Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.

  John Flavel

  Heaven, Sin, Speak

• Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do you think that such an easy religion can save you? If so, we may invert Christ's words and say, 'Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to life, and may there be that go in there.'

  John Flavel

  Heart, Thinking, Tears

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