The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.
– Martin Luther –
Flesh – Carnal Nature – Selfishness
Do you mourn over or repent of your sin? – Matthew Henry
Many mourn for their sins that do not truly repent of them, weep bitterly for them, and yet continue in love and league with them.
– Matthew Henry –
When to expect revival – Billy Sunday
When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
– Billy Sunday –
What true revival is – Andrew Murray
A true revival means nothing less than a revolution, casting out the spirit of worldliness and selfishness, and making God and His love triumph in the heart and life.
– Andrew Murray –
True Revival – Henry Blackaby
When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.
– Henry Blackaby –
The seriousness of sin – Tony Reinke
Christ’s blood reveals the seriousness of our sin. We insurrected the king. We defiled His glory. We deserve His wrath, and Christ absorbed it.
– Tony Reinke –
Heavenly hope or an earthly heart? – William Gurnall
Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.
– William Gurnall –
Afraid of Holiness – Leonard Ravenhill
You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The Way of Christ – Amy Carmichael
Are we going in the way Christ has gone, or are we only talking and praying and singing about it? What about likes and dislikes? What about choices? What about Self? Christ’s way is the way that says “No” to the “I” that rises up so often and in its many different disguises. “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself (say “No” to himself), and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”
– Amy Carmichael –