 Saints are planted in the house of God; they have a kind of rooting there: but though the tabernacle be a good rooting place, yet we cannot root firmly there, unless we are rooted in Jesus Christ. Author: Abraham Wright |
| A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh, loving us and dying for our redemption; and who is so affected by a sense of the love of this incarnate God as to be constrained to make the will of Christ the rule of his obedience, and the glory of Christ the great end for which He lives. Author: Charles Hodge |
| The Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God. Author: Robert Murray McCheyne |
| Remember you are God's sword -- His instrument -- I trust a chosen vessel unto Him to bear His name. In great measure, according to the purity and perfections of the instrument will be the success. Author: Robert Murray McCheyne |
| Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis. Rather, it begins with what God says about those who trust in Christ. Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson |
| If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians. Author: William Law |
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| The church of Christ is the multitude of all those who believe in Christ for the remission of sins, and who are thankful for that mercy and who love the law of God purely, and who hate the sin in this world an long for the life to come. Author: William Tyndale |
| God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His! Author: Vance Havner |
| Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste. Author: Vance Havner |
| We are not bearing our crosses every time we have a headache; an aspirin tablet will take care of that. What is meant is the trouble we would not have if we were not Christians. Author: Vance Havner |
| Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars. Author: Vance Havner |
| The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print. Author: William Gurnall
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
