I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.
– William Booth –
It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.
– AW Pink –
The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense.
– AW Tozer –
The meaning of being a Christian is that in response for the gift of a whole Christ, I give my whole self to Him.
– Alexander MacLaren –
If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.
– William Law –
True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before God. It shows itself before a person by a thorough BREAKING OFF from sin. It results in producing a DEEP HATRED for all sin.
– JC Ryle –
If I hate sin because of the punishment, I have not repented of sin. I merely regret that God is just.
– Charles Spurgeon –
We could not be happy if we reached the kingdom of glory with a heart loving sin. The company of saints and angels would give us no pleasure. Our minds would not be in tune for an eternity of holiness. Let these things sink down into your hearts. We must repent as well as believe, if we hope to be saved.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856
I find that when the saints are under trial and well humbled, little sins raise great cries in the conscience; but in prosperity, conscience is a pope that gives dispensations and great latitude to our hearts. The cross is therefore as needful as the crown is glorious.
– Samuel Rutherford –