Holiness Quotes

• Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

  Oswald Chambers

  Happiness, Laughter, Men

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• If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Jesus, Sacrifice, Flames

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• The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Mourn, Remains

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• True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.

  Mark Hart

  Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.18, Franciscan Media

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• Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness.

  Adrian Rogers

  Christian, Way, Christian Inspirational

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• The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.

  J. C. Ryle

  Firsts, Steps, Realizing

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.36, Letcetera Publishing

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• Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.

  Jerry Bridges

  Christian, Character, Patterns

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• Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.

  Joel Beeke

  Alone With God, Littles, Alone Time

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• God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy.

  Oswald Chambers

  Blessing, Men, Saint

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.499, Discovery House

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• If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Mistake, Thinking

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2015). “Gleanings Among The Sheaves”, p.16, SHELDON AND COMPANY

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• Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Majority, Want, Kingdoms

  Elisabeth Elliot (2006). “Discipline: The Glad Surrender”, p.42, Revell

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• You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Sinfulness, Knows

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• 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.

  J. C. Ryle

  Hate, Mind, World

  J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

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• How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Life, Real

  C. S. Lewis (2014). “Letters to an American Lady”, p.11, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives.

  William Wilberforce

  Shortcuts, Whole Life, Whole

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• God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

  R. C. Sproul

  Order, Accommodate

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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• I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Winning, Two

  Charles Spurgeon (1997). “God's Grace to You”, p.7, Whitaker House

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• Holiness is not merely a feeling, state of mind, or good intention. It involves practical separation from sin and real separation unto God.

  Paul Washer

  Real, Feelings, Mind

  Twitter post from Apr 26, 2011

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• Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Men, Ministry

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “Charles Spurgeon: Lectures to My Students, Volume 1”, p.9, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

  R. C. Sproul

  Wrath, Idols, Justice

  Twitter post from Nov 17, 2015

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• It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.

  George Whitefield

  Doctrine, Christianity, Holiness Of God

  George Whitefield (1958). “Select Sermons of George Whitefield”, Banner of Truth

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• The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.

  J. C. Ryle

  Punishment, People, Desire

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• You must every day make higher ground. You must deny yourself to make progress with God. You must refuse every- thing that is not pure and holy. God wants you pure in heart. He wants you to have an intense desire after holiness... Two things will get you to leap out of yourselves into the promises of God today. One is purity, and the other is FAITH, which is kindled more and more BY PURITY.

  Smith Wigglesworth

  Heart, Two, Higher Ground

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• No one will be offended if we tell them that they are good people who could be a little better. The offense comes when we tell them that they - and we - are ungodly people who cannot impress God or escape his tribunal. Until our preaching of the law has exposed our hearts and God's holiness at that profound level, our hearers will never flee to Christ alone for safety even if they come to us for advice.

  Michael Horton

  Heart, Law, Profound

  Michael Horton (2008). “Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church”, p.130, Baker Books

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• Holiness is not to love Jesus and do whatever you want. Holiness is to love God and do what He wants.

  C. Wagner

  Jesus, Want, God Love

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