Let nothing stand before your resolution of seeking the kingdom of God.
—Jonathan Edwards
—Jonathan Edwards
‘It is good that I am afflicted.' Not just good when you see the good fruit it has wrought, but to say when you are afflicted, 'It is good that I am afflicted. Whatever the affliction, yet through the mercy of God mine is a good condition.
—Jeremiah Burroughs
—Jeremiah Burroughs
The hypocrite carries his Bible under his arm, but not in his heart.
—Thomas Watson
—Thomas Watson
Colossians 3:1-2
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.
—John Chrysostom
—John Chrysostom
This day, my God, I hate sin not because it damns me, but because it has done You wrong! To have grieved my God is the worst of grief to me.
—Charles Spurgeon
—Charles Spurgeon
Romans 8:7-11
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
It is bad enough to be without money, without health, without home, or without friends. But it is far worse to be without Christ.
—J.C. Ryle
—J.C. Ryle
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I can assure the worst, the chief of sinners, that JESUS CHRIST came to save them.
—George Whitefield
—George Whitefield
Adoption is the highest privilege of the Gospel. The traitor is forgiven, brought in for supper, and given the family name.
—J.I. Packer
—J.I. Packer
Our time is short enough; we had not need to spend it in that which is nothing to the purpose.
—Jonathan Edwards
—Jonathan Edwards
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