If I hate sin because of the punishment, I have not repented of sin. I merely regret that God is just.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Holiness
I’m against sin – Billy Sunday
Listen, I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot, I’ll fight it as long as I’ve got a fist, I’ll butt it as long as I’ve got a head, and I’ll bite it as long as I’ve got a tooth. And when I’m old, fistless, footless, and toothless, I’ll gum it till I go home to glory and it goes home to perdition.
– Billy Sunday –
Be as holy as you want – AW Tozer
Every man is as holy as he really wants to be.
– AW Tozer –
The Heart – Richard Baxter
The first and great work of a Christian is about his heart. There it is that God dwells by His Spirit, in His saints; and there it is that sin and Satan reign, in the ungodly. The great duties and the great sins are those of the heart. There is the root of good and evil: the tongue and life are but the fruits and expressions of that which dwells within.
– Richard Baxter –
Highlighting your Bible or heart? – Unknown
At some point, it has to go from being highlighted in your Bible to being written on your heart.
– Unknown –
Drawn toward holiness – Charles Spurgeon
He who died for you can draw your soul away from evil and toward holiness.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Not looking for much from God – George Macdonald
O Lord my God, in you I put my trust. Psalms 7:1
“O God, one day we will laugh ourselves to scorn that we looked for so little from you.”
– George Macdonald –
How to be truly happy – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
They alone are truly happy who are seeking to be righteous. Put happiness in the place of righteousness and you will never get it.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
An eternity of holiness – JC Ryle
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