Quote Collection
Sin must be eliminated – Watchman Nee
Sins must be treated progressively one by one until all have been eliminated.
– Watchman Nee –
God’s Word and Spirit – Ralph Venning
God’s Word and God’s Spirit always agree and are of the same mind. The Spirit of God who gave the Holy Scripture cannot say one thing here and another in your heart. That would be to bear witness against himself. And how can a divided kingdom stand?
– Ralph Venning –
from Learning in Christ’s School, 1675
God’s Great Men and Women – Hudson Taylor
God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God, because they reckoned on God’s being with them.
– Hudson Taylor –
Unable to Live Like the World – AW Tozer
The Holy Spirit never enters a person and lets them live like the world. You can be sure of that.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
Actually Living the Christian Life – JC Ryle
The person who hears Christian teaching, and practices what they hear, is like a “wise man who built his house on a rock.” They do not content themselves with listening to exhortations to repent, believe in Christ, and live a holy life. They actually repent. They actually believe. They actually cease to do evil, learn to do well, abhor that which is sinful, and cleave to that which is good. They are a doer as well as a hearer.
– JC Ryle –
True Repentance – Martin Luther
To do so no more is the truest repentance.
– Martin Luther –
The Secret Prayer Life of a Disciple – Oswald Chambers
It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.
– Oswald Chambers –
Cultural Holiness – Jerry Bridges
Many Christians have what we might call a “cultural holiness”. They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them. As the Christian culture around them is more or less holy, so these Christians are more or less holy. But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.
– Jerry Bridges –
Adjusting the Bible to the Age – Charles Spurgeon
We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but, by God’s grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible.
– Charles Spurgeon –