Zeal is like a fire: in the chimney it is one of the best servants, but out of the chimney it is one of the worst masters. Zeal kept by knowledge and wisdom, in its proper place, is a choice servant to Christ and saints.
– Thomas Brooks –
Wisdom
Doing the devil’s business – William Gurnall
When you see men of power and intellect using their talents against God, weep for their souls. Better they had lived and died slaves and fools, than to do the the devil’s business with their God-given abilities.
– William Gurnall –
Seek God and Be Found of Him – Art Katz
Lock yourself in a room; throw the key away; do something! Seek God and be found of Him. That is His promise: “If you will seek for Me with all your heart and all your soul, you shall be found of Me” (Deuteronomy 4:29). When you do obtain that knowledge, maintain it, or else you will lose it.
– Art Katz –
The Backwards Reality of the Gospel – AW Tozer
A real Christian is an odd number, anyway. He feels supreme love for the One whom he has never seen; talks with familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see; expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another; empties himself in order to be full; admits he is wrong so he can be declared right; goes down in order to get up; is strongest when he is weakest; richest when he is poorest and happiest when he feels the worst. He dies so he can live; forsakes in order to have; gives away so he can keep; sees the invisible; hears the inaudible’ and knows that which passeth understanding.
– AW Tozer –
Don’t Lack Learning – Erasmus
Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
– Desiderius Erasmus –
(1466-1536 AD)
Therefore Let Us Pass Unto … – Clement of Alexandria
Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to [godliness].
– Clement of Alexandria –
If You Want to Understand Christianity – Martyn Lloyd-Jones
If you want to understand Christianity, do not shut your Bible—open it, read it!
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
Learning About God Through Eternity – DL Moody
There are many things which were unclear and mysterious five years ago. Since then I have understood them more clearly. I expect to be finding out something new about God throughout eternity.
– DL Moody –
from The Way to God
What is Knowledge Good for Without Repentance? – Thomas Watson
Some bless themselves that they have a stock of knowledge, but what is knowledge good for without repentance? It is better to mortify one sin than to understand all mysteries
– Thomas Watson –