There is no rowing to paradise except upon the stream of repenting tears. Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.
– Thomas Watson –
Flesh – Carnal Nature – Selfishness
Heavenly Hope – William Gurnall
Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.
– William Gurnall –
Having God Within Us
Unless we have WITHIN us that which is ABOVE us, we will eventually yield to that which is AMONG us.
– Unknown –
Believing is Seeing – Charles Spurgeon
While carnal men say seeing is believing, we assure them that to us believing is seeing.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Natural and Expected Unholiness – AW Tozer
We have learned to live with unholiness and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing.
– AW Tozer –
Carnal Christians? – Leonard Ravenhill
Get rid of this bunkum about the “carnal Christian.” Forget it! If you’re carnal, you’re not saved.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The High Price of Jesus’ Atonement – Paris Reidhead
Do you realize this? That if you were to somehow purpose to, from this day on, perfectly please God and succeed in doing it, that that perfect obedience, from this moment, would not acquire in the remainder of your life, enough merit to atone for one past sin, because God exacts and God demands perfect obedience and there’s no merit for giving him the minimal requirement.
– Paris Reidhead –
Entirely Different Than The World – Eric Ludy
We want the corruption of the world and yet still go to heaven. We want to be like the world with the pleasure of sin but still have the benefits of salvation. But Scripture is clear, though we are in the world, we are not to be OF the world. We are to be entirely different than the world.
– Eric Ludy –
Inner Hypocrisy Through Speech – Oswald Chambers
Our modern speech is a great aid to inner hypocrisy, and it becomes a snare because it is easy to talk piously and live iniquitously.
– Oswald Chambers –