 Those that boast most of the religion may be suspected of partiality and hypocrisy in it. Author: Matthew Henry
Source: Commentary, 1 Samuel 5:13. |
| The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face. Author: Thomas Adams
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| Thou must be an attentive hearer; he that is awake, but wanders with his eye or heart, what doth he but sleep with his eyes open? Author: William Gurnall
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| You can operate your business without Christ. You can make it run well. You can raise your family without Christ. You can even pastor a church without Christ. But if you do, you will find that there will be no fruit, no Christlikeness, no manifestation of that beautiful character which arrests the attention of others. Instead there will be a sham, a phony imitation of the real thing, which will drive people away from Christ and will produce nothing but a dull, mechanical religiosity. Author: Ray C. Stedman |
| It is easier to declaim like an orator against a thousand sins in others than to mortify one sin in ourselves; to be more industrious in our pulpits than in our closets; to preach twenty sermons to our people than one to our own hearts. Author: John Flavel |
| When are Christian folks going to remember that every time you call yourself a Christian, you invoke the name of God, and that if you then walk a walk that does not reflect the presence of Christ in your life, cast a vote that does not reflect the presence of Christ in your life, then you are taking the name of the Lord your God in vain? Author: Alan Keyes |
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| You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know. Author: Jim Bakker |
| We can't give our all to Jesus and keep some for ourselves. Author: Woodrow Kroll |
| Whitewash won't hold up a fence. Author: Woodrow Kroll |
| The hypocrite's joy destroys his sorrow; his faith and false confidence destroys and excludes his repentance; his fear destroys his love; and his pretended love to God destroys his fear of him. Author: Ralph Erskine |
| It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation. He does not want to be holy; he only wants to seem to be holy. He is more concerned with his reputation for righteousness than about actually becoming righteous. The approbation of men matters more to him than the approval of God. Author: Augustine |
| Romans 7 is a record of the conflict of regenerate man with his old self, and is, therefore, intensely personal. "I would," "I do not," "I would not," "I do," is the sad confession of defeat which finds an echo in so many Christian hearts. Author: C.I. Scofield |
