The seeming peace a sinner has is not from the knowledge of his happiness but the ignorance of his danger.
– Thomas Watson –
Sin – Temptation
Delay of Repentance – Thomas Watson
By the delay of repentance, sin strengthens, and the heart hardens. The longer ice freezeth, the harder it is to be broken.
– Thomas Watson –
Two Types of Peace – Joseph Alleine
The conscience cannot be truly pacified until soundly purified (Heb 10:22). Cursed is that peace maintained in a way of sin (Deut 29:19-20). Two sorts of peace are more to be dreaded than all the troubles in the world: peace with sin, and peace in sin.
– Joseph Alleine –
from A Sure Guide to Heaven, 1671
Consider what you lose in sin – Richard Sibbes
Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away Paradise. Therefore in all temptations let us consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose.
– Richard Sibbes –
1577-1635
Why Jesus Came – Oswald Chambers
In our mental outlook we have to reconcile ourselves to the fact that sin is the only explanation as to why Jesus Christ came, the only explanation of the grief and the sorrow that there is in life.
– Oswald Chambers –
Lord delivers from all – Henry Smith
The lawyer can deliver his client but from strife, the physician can deliver his patient but from sickness, the master can deliver his servant but from bondage, but the Lord delivers us from all.
– Henry Smith –
1560-1591
A Double Sin – Henry Smith
A sin is two sins when it is defended.
– Henry Smith –
1560-1591
Living for self or for Christ? – Ian Thomas
To live “to and for yourself” is to “walk after the flesh”! To live “to and for Christ” is to “walk after the Spirit”!
– Ian Thomas –
Treasures of Wisdom – HB Charles Jr.
The treasures of wisdom and knowledge that are found only in Christ have been cashed in for the worthless trinkets of sinful folly. Many are playing marbles with diamonds.
– HB Charles Jr. –