God’s Word and God’s Spirit always agree and are of the same mind. The Spirit of God who gave the Holy Scripture cannot say one thing here and another in your heart. That would be to bear witness against himself. And how can a divided kingdom stand?
– Ralph Venning –
from Learning in Christ’s School, 1675
We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but, by God’s grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Take the words of Jesus and let them become the Supreme Court of the Gospel to you.
– John G. Lake –
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
– JC Ryle –
It is the students of the Bible and they alone, who will find it a weapon ready in hand in the day of battle.
– JC Ryle –
It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit … will bring us to Him.
– CS Lewis –
Afflictions are the golden key by which the Lord opens the rich treasure of His word to his people’s souls.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608–1680
In prayer, I give myself to God; in the Word, God gives Himself to me.
– Andrew Murray –
from 199 Treasures of Wisdom on Talking with God: Compiled from the Writings of Andrew Murray
Cursed be that love and unity for whose sake the Word of God must be put at stake.
– Martin Luther –