 It is altogether doubtful whether any man can be saved who comes to Christ for His help with no intention to obey Him. Topics: Salvation, Obedience |
| The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still. Topics: Satan, Theology |
| I'm not afraid of the devil. The devil can handle me - he's got judo I never heard of. But he can't handle the One to whom I'm joined; he can't handle the One to whom I'm united; he can't handle the One whose nature dwells in my nature. Topics: Satan |
| The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian. Topics: Scripture, The Bible |
| The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace. Topics: Self-love |
| We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work. Topics: Service |
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| It is because of the hasty and superficial conversation with God that the sense of sin is so weak and that no motives have power to help you to hate and flee from sin as you should. Topics: Sin, Power |
| What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them. We must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly Topics: Struggles, Patience |
| God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and is cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it. Topics: Success, Happiness, Carnality |
| The man or woman who is wholly or joyously surrendered to Christ can't make a wrong choice - any choice will be the right one. Topics: Surrender |
| The Bible is the inevitable outcome of God's continuous speech. It is the infallible declaration of His mind. Topics: The Bible |
| The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid. Topics: The Bible |
