A Proliferation of Christian Devotionals and Sermons

A Proliferation of Christian Devotionals and Sermons

Saturday, August 31, 2019

More Classic Christian Quotes

More Classic Christian Quotes


The Spirit's leading!


("Every Day!" Author unknown)

"As many as are led by the Spirit of God--they are the sons of God." Romans 8:14

Here is a mark of divine sonship: All who follow the leadings of the Holy Spirit--they are children of God. 

The Spirit leads His followers to the looking-glass of Divine truth. Here they discover their spiritual deformity and impurity. Here they see what they are--and what they need. 

The Spirit leads them to the throne of grace--and there He helps their infirmities, and makes intercession for them according to the will of God. 

The Spirit leads them to the cross! When they see Jesus dying for their sins, atoning for their transgressions--they lose the burden of guilt. 

The Spirit leads them in the path of loving obedience--and they experience the blessedness of keeping Christ's commands. 

The Spirit leads them in the track of the Good Shepherd--and enables them to hear His voice and to follow Him.

"As many as are led by the Spirit of God--they are the sons of God."

Many, alas! are following the leadings of a very different spirit--"the spirit that works in the children of disobedience!" He leads, by paths of unbelief and sin--to endless misery and ruin! Beloved reader, beware of following his leadings--and prayerfully yield yourself to the guidance of the Spirit of truth and love.

"Show me Your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long." Psalm 25:4-5 

   Spirit of Truth, my Leader be,
   And seal adoption mine;
   Impress Christ's image on my heart,
   The pledge of bliss divine!
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Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise--apply your heart to what I teach
(Samuel Clark, "The Saint's Bouquet")
"Here are some further sayings of the wise."  Proverbs 24:23
Sin is . . .
  the spawn of the old Serpent,
  the source of Hell, and
  the vomit of the Devil.

Sin is more hateful to God than the Devil; for God hates the Devil for sin's sake--and not sin for the Devil's sake.

Sin is like a serpent in our bosoms, which cannot live--but by sucking out our life blood.

The godly hate sin--because of sin's defilement.
The ungodly fear sin--because of sin's punishment.
The godly hate sin--because it has filth in it to pollute the soul.
The ungodly fear sin--because it has fire in it to burn the soul.

The deluge of waters which overflowed all the world, washed away many sinners--but not one sin!
The world shall one day be all on fire--yet all that fire, and those flames in Hell which follow--shall not purge one sin!

All the evils in the world serve to give names to sin.
Sin is called poison--and sinners, serpents.
Sin is called vomit--and sinners, dogs.
Sin is called mire--and sinners, sows.
Sin is called darkness, blindness, shame, nakedness, folly, madness, death and whatever is filthy, vile, infective, or painful.

glutton may fill his belly--but he can never fill his lust.
covetous man may have his house full of money--but he can never have his heart full of money.
An ambitious man may have titles enough to overload his memory--but never to fill his pride.

The Devil's last stratagem is, if he cannot beat us down to sin--to blow us up with pride.

Nothing will make God's children so pure, as to wash themselves every morning in tears of repentance.

Without sound repentance, sin is not accounted as the greatest evil--nor Christ as the greatest good.

"Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise--apply your heart to what I teach." Proverbs 22:17
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It has such an amazing appetite that it can feed both on grace and garbage!

(John Berridge)

The foulest stain, and worst absurdity in our nature, is pride! And yet this vile hedgehog so rolls himself up in his bristly coat, that we can seldom get a sight of his claws. 

Pride cleaves to us, like a shirt soaked in tar cleaves to the skin. No sharp ploughing and harrowing will clear the ground of it. This foul weed will be sure to spring up with the next rain!

Pride follows me like my shadow!

This diabolical sin has brought more scourges on my back than everything else! It is of so insinuating a nature, that I know not how to rid myself of it. 
I hate it, and love it. 
I quarrel with it, and embrace it. 
I dread it, and yet allow it to lie in my bosom. 

It pleads a right, through the fall, to be a tenant for life. It has such an amazing appetite that it can feed both on grace and garbage! It will be as warm and snug in a monastery, as a brothel--and be as much delighted with a fine prayer, as a foul curse!

Lord, save me! If pride must dwell with me, let it not be a lordly master, but a loathed viper! 

Oh, that I could once say unto you, foul pride: "Farewell forever!"

There is no Christian grace--but pride will creep into its bosom, and mix with it as freely as oil with oil. 

Nor is Lady Pride ever so delighted as when she becomes intimate with humility, and by soft caresses and kind speeches, encourages the sweet damsel to think highly of herself, even when she looks and talks humbly. 

One moment she whispers and tells me that I am a fine fellow--and then I am elated. 
By and by, she calls me a fool--and then I am sullen. 

I can do no religious act--but pride is skulking at my elbow, and much affecting me both by her smiles and frowns. 

This foul pride besieges my heart, besets all my steps, and meets me at every turn. 

Pride has more heads than a Hydra! (A mythological serpentine water monster which had many heads. Every time someone would cut off one of them, two more heads would grow out!)

Pride has more shapes than Proteus! (A mythical Greek figure who could assume a different shape at will.)

It is such an odd mysterious evil--that I can even be proud of loathing my pride.

Henceforth if you ask my real name, it is Pride! 

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