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.
To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.
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.
Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.
The person that goes regularly and intelligently to the Lord's Table finds it increasingly hard to yield to sin and conform to the world.
Children are very quick observers; very quick in seeing through some kinds of hypocrisy, very quick in finding out what you really think and feel, very quick in adopting all your ways and opinions. You will often discover that, as the father is, so is the son.
The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.
If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.
The incorruptible things are all within the narrow gate. The peace of God which passed all understanding - the bright hope of good things to come - the sense of the Spirit dwelling in us - the consciousness that we are forgiven, safe, insured, provided for in time and eternity, whatever may happen - these are true gold, and lasting riches.
Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it.
Before Christ comes it is useless to expect to see a perfect Church.
The last day will prove that some of the holiest men that ever lived are hardly known.
That Bible is read best, which is practised most.
The rulers of the earth plan, and scheme, and make laws, and change laws, and war, and pull down one, and raise up another. But they little think that they rule only by the will of Jesus, and that nothing happens without the permission of the Lamb of God.
Let it be a settled principle in our minds, in reading the Bible, that Christ is the central sun of the whole book. So long as we keep Him in view, we shall never greatly err in our search for spiritual knowledge. Once losing sight of Christ, we shall find the whole Bible dark and full of difficulty.
True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience.
Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.
Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us.
The harvest of the Lord’s field is seldom ripened by sunshine only. It must go through its days of wind, rain and storm.
Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna—daily drawing new strength from Christ?
A sin...consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God
If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.
People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.
There are very few errors and false doctrines of which the beginning may not be traced up to unsound views about the corruption of human nature. Wrong views of the disease will always bring with them wrong views of the remedy. Wrong views of the corruption of human nature will always carry with them wrong views of the grand antidote and cure of that corruption.
When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, his spiritual mindedness more marked.
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