God or sin must die in me. The one elementary Bible truth we are in danger of forgetting is that the Gospel of God is addressed to men as sinners, and nothing else.
– Oswald Chambers –
Salvation
Sin forsaken and forgiven – JC Ryle
Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
– JC Ryle –
The Law – Samuel Bolton
We disown the law in respect of justification, yet we establish it as a rule of Christian living.
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
The battle between sin and forgiveness – Charles Spurgeon
You cannot sin so much as God can forgive. If it comes to a pitched battle between sin and grace, you shall not be so bad as God shall be good. I will prove it to you. You can only sin as a man, but God can forgive as a God. You sin as a finite creature, but the Lord forgives as the infinite Creator.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from the sermon “The Exceeding Riches of His Grace,” on Ephesians 2:7
Clear the Decks – Ian Thomas
Christ did not die simply that you might be saved from a bad conscience, or even to remove the stain of past failure, but to “clear the decks” for divine action.
– Ian Thomas –
Complete Surrender to Jesus – Billy Sunday
Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It’s a willingness to do what He wants you to do.
– Billy Sunday –
Seeming Peace of Sinners – Thomas Watson
The seeming peace a sinner has is not from the knowledge of his happiness but the ignorance of his danger.
– Thomas Watson –
Know Jesus – John Newton
To know Jesus is the shortest description of true grace; to know him better is the surest mark of growth in grace; to know him perfectly is eternal life.
– John Newton –
All are equal before the Cross – Hugh Latimer
The poorest ploughman is in Christ equal with the greatest prince that is.
– Hugh Latimer –
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