I believe the holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Christian Life
Evidence of a holy life – JC Ryle
People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.
– JC Ryle –
Self-love vs God love – Thomas Manton
Self-love may lead us to prayers, but love to God excites us to praises.
– Thomas Manton –
1620-1677
Saved for more than heaven – Leonard Ravenhill
Without holiness, no one shall see the Lord. Jesus didn’t die to save us from hell. That’s a fringe benefit! He died to get total occupation of us. To be holy in speech … in actions … in everything.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
God enables us to obey – Oswald Chambers
If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account.
– Oswald Chambers –
Do all from a perfect oneness – Oswald Chambers
All I do should be biased on a perfect oneness with Him, not on a self-willed determination to be godly.
– Oswald Chambers –
The work of affliction – Thomas Watson
Affliction works out sin—and works in grace.
– Thomas Watson –
The proof is in one’s life – JC Ryle
A man’s life is the best proof of a man’s opinions.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856
A life of prayer – Andrew Murray
A life of prayer will make a life of love to Christ, to other Christians, and to those without Christ.
– Andrew Murray –