Sin is a thing of time...

Sin is a thing of time, but mercy is from everlasting. Before you and I sought the Lord, the Lord sought us ~ Spurgeon

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone. ~ A.W. Pink

If it were possible...

Can we wish, if it were possible, to walk in a path strewed with flowers when His was strewed with thorns?
~ John Newton

There is something of a secret atheism in all

"There is something of a secret atheism in all, which is the fountain of the evil practices in their lives, not an utter disowning of the being of a God, but a denial or doubting of some of the rights of his nature." ~ Stephen Charnock

Do not glory in your own faith

"Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ." ~ J.C. Ryle

The only power the world has over the Christian is...

"The only power the world has over the Christian is the power we give it by loving the things of the world." ~ James White

If you have ever come to the sprinkled blood...

If you have ever come to the sprinkled blood, you will feel your need of coming to it every day. He who does not desire to wash in it every day has never washed in it at all. Believers constantly feel it to be their joy and privilege that there is still a fountain opened. Past experiences are doubtful food for Christians; a present coming to Christ alone can give us joy and comfort. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

Christian, you must be careful to loathe your sin

Christian, you must be careful to loathe your sin in the love of Christ and never as an attempt to perform penance in order to achieve the love of Christ!
Abandon the lie that by enforcing a self-induced purgatory upon yourself can lead to anything but further condemnation, misery and failure!
You are dearly loved, His love was set upon you while you were dead in sin, while you were His enemy, and nothing shall separate that which God has initiated and pledged to finish! ~ Julius Mickel

The Lord's chastening is a mark of His love

Brethren, the Lord's chastening is a mark of His love, His goodness to us to keep us and continue to redirect us to Himself, over and over and over again. Praise the Lord for His wounds are gracious alarms that we have strayed, that He is calling for us to come closer to Him!
Psalm 119:67 "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word."

It is not hard to deceive ministers

"It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ." ~ J.C. Ryle

A wicked attempt to share the praise of the enthroned God!

"Go through the Ten Commandments, and learn that any breach of them is at its core violent anarchy against the throne-rights of God. All pride — what is it but an attempt to share the glory that belongs to the throne, and to the God upon that throne, and to say in reality, ‘O God, please let me sneak into the picture and get glory too?’ Is not that pride? — a wicked attempt to share the praise of the enthroned God!

And so this sight of God cannot help but produce humility, submission, contrition, and on the brighter side, it cannot help but produce gratitude, that in the exercise of His sovereign rights I should be blessed of God with sanity, with soundness of body, clearness of mind, and, above all, that I should be blessed with grace, confidence that God is on His throne, that nothing past, present or future has ever made that throne twitter one-thousandth of an inch. Jehovah reigneth! let the earth tremble. Confidence, unshakable confidence, joy, regardless of what transpires in the sphere that I can see! All is well where He sits.

Has God made you a Calvinist? I am not asking whether you have read a book by Boettner, or Kuyper or Warfield and become a Calvinist. I am asking, Has God given you a vision of Himself? Did He shatter you? and bring you to that place by his grace of humility, submission, contrition, gratitude, confidence and joy? That is what makes a Calvinist. If we know this we will want to say,
My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful Thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!

O how I fear Thee, living God,
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship Thee with trembling hope
And penitential tears!

How beautiful, how beautiful
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And awful purity! "
~ Pastor Albert N. Martin

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is...

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone. ~ A.W. Pink

The freedom of our will is a curse.

The freedom of our will is a curse. Because we can still choose according to our desires, we choose to sin and thus we become accountable to the judgment of God. ~ R.C. Sproul

Do not have your concert first

Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterward. Begin the day with God. ~ Hudson Taylor

He brings a death upon our...

God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts. ~ John Newton

Sin forsaken is...

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven. ~ J.C. Ryle

He is your Father

"You need never be anxious, you must never be worried. God is with you in this state, you are not alone, and He is your Father." ~ Martyn Lloyd Jones

God's ultimate end in all things is...

God's ultimate end in all things is the promotion of His own glory. This must be our chief aim and driving pursuit as well. ~ Steve Lawson

The true minister of Christ knows...

"The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, not in its fashion and manner, but in the truth which it contains" ~ C.H. Spurgeon

Lip Prayer vs. Heart Prayer

Many pray with their lips for that for which their hearts have no desire ~ Jonathan Edwards

Eternity ever before my eyes

"O God, stamp eternity on my eyeballs." ~ Jonathan Edwards

The Father did not turn away from His Son because He...

"The Father did not turn away from His Son because He lacked the fortitude to witness His sufferings, but because our sin was laid upon Him." Paul Washer

If I see aright, the cross of popular evangelicalism is not the cross of the New Testament.

If I see aright, the cross of popular evangelicalism is not the cross of the New Testament. It is, rather, a new bright ornament upon the bosom of self-assured and carnal Christianity whose hands are indeed the hands of Abel, but whose voice is the voice of Cain. The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it. The old cross brought tears and blood; the new cross brings laughter. ~ A.W. Tozer

The chief end for which Christ lived and died:

"The chief end for which Christ lived and died: To provide eternal redemption for sinners." ~ J.C. Ryle

How different is the God of the Bible from the God of modern Christendom!

"How different is the God of the Bible from the God of modern Christendom! The conception of Deity which prevails most widely today, even among those who profess to give heed to the Scriptures, is a miserable caricature, a blasphemous travesty of the Truth. The God of the twentieth century is a helpless, effeminate being who commands the respect of no really thoughtful man. The God of the popular mind is the creation of maudlin sentimentality. The God of many a present-day pulpit is an object of pity rather than of awe-inspiring reverence." - AW Pink, The Sovereignty of God

If you are concerned about the souls of men

"You will be delivered from petty worries if you are concerned about the souls of men." ~ C.H. Spurgeon