Miscellaneous Quotes (71)

“The measure of biblical truth that we have grasped is not determined by the size of our heads, but the breadth of our hearts.” – Paul Washer

“I believe the highest purpose of the preacher is to faithfully exposit Scripture to his hearers. Herein lies the power of God in His church. We must not look to trendy gimmicks, manipulative methods, or shallow entertainment, but in the proclamation of biblical truth.” – Steven Lawson

“The first and often the only person to be healed by forgiveness is the person who does the forgiveness… When we genuinely forgive, we set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner that we set free was us!” – Lewis Smedes

“No one in the history of the world has been more inclusive of repentant sinners than Jesus and no one has been more intolerant of sin.” – Kevin DeYoung

“Christians are not divided between those who have creeds and confessions and those who do not; rather, they are divided between those who have public creeds and confessions that are written down and exist as public documents, subject to public scrutiny, evaluation, and critique, and those who have private creeds and confessions that are often improvised, unwritten, and thus not open to public scrutiny, not susceptible to evaluation and, crucially and ironically, not, therefore, subject to testing by Scripture to see whether they are true.” – Carl Trueman, The Creedal Imperative

“When we come to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, do we realize that it was the greatest manifestation of the energy of the strength of God’s might that the world has ever known?… From the moment God puts His hand upon a man and brings him to the new birth and new life, He continues to exert this power in him… If we are to understand this power which is working in us we must see it as it is illustrated in what God has done in Christ, in the power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead. What a display of power that was!” Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Ephesians – God’s Ultimate Purpose)

“I pray it will never be said of me ‘He stood up for what he believed in’ but ‘He bowed down before Whom he believed in.'” – R. C. Sproul, Jr

“God’s sovereign will toward His elect is irreversible and irrevocable.” – Steven Lawson

“No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction.” – R.C. Sproul

“God’s Word is a record of prayer; of praying men and their achievements, of the Divine warrant of prayer and of the encouragement given to those who pray. No o…ne can read the instances, commands, examples, multiform statements which concern themselves with prayer, without realizing that the cause of God, and the success of His work in this world is committed to prayer; that praying men have been God’s vice-regents on earth; that prayerless men have never been used of Him.” – E. M. Bounds

“The most determinative factor in your life you is what comes into your mind when you think about God. Everything flows from this one truth.” – Steve Lawson

“God, through the gospel and by the Holy Spirit, sends out this general call to the whole world, but He calls certain people in particular, and no man is a Christian unless he is called in this special sense. They are people in whom the Word of God has been made effective; it has come to them in power, it has come as a command which they find to be irresistible, and they readily respond to it with the whole of their being.” – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

In his last moments, Martin Luther was asked by his friend Justus Jonas, “Do you want to die standing firm on Christ and the doctrine you have taught?” He answered emphatically, “Yes!” Luther’s last words were: “We are beggars. This is true.”

“Christ is not ‘mighty to save’ those who repent, but is mighty to make men repent.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.” – Martin Luther

“Doctrine divides…but doctrine also unites. It binds together the hearts of God’s people who celebrate the truth of God together.” – R.C. Sproul

“Christ died not in order to make God love us, but because He did love His people. Calvary is the supreme demonstration of Divine love. Whenever you are tempted to doubt the love of God, Christian reader, go back to Calvary.” – A. W. Pink

“Those whom God has chosen to salvation by Christ, are those whom God specially loves in this world. They are the jewels among mankind. He cares more for them than for kings on their thrones, if kings are not converted. He hears their prayers. He orders all the events of nations and the issues of wars for their good, and their sanctification. He keeps them by His Spirit. He allows neither man nor devil to pluck them out of His hand. Whatever tribulation comes on the world, God’s elect are safe. May we never rest until we know that we are of this blessed number! There breathes not the man or woman who can prove that he is not one. The promises of the Gospel are open to all. May we give diligence to make our calling and election sure! God’s elect are a people who cry unto Him night and day. When Paul saw the faith, and hope, and love of the Thessalonians, then he knew ‘their election of God.'” (1 Thess. 1:4; Luke 18:7.) – J.C. Ryle

“If Christ is not first with you, Christ is nothing to you.” C. H. Spurgeon

“Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.” – R.C. Sproul

“The farmer does not sift his wheat because he dislikes it, but just the opposite; he sifts it because it is precious. And thou, child of God, thy trials and changes, and constant catastrophes, and afflictions, are no proofs of want of affection on the part of the Most High, but the very contrary.” – Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.” – R.C. Sproul

“This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it the church of God cannot exist for one hour.” – Martin Luther

“There has been no such thing as freedom since Adam fell. Adam was free. Not a single child of Adam has ever been free… Man’s will has been bound ever since the fall of Adam. By nature man is not free to choose God.” – Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Romans – Assurance)

“He who as Son of God had made the Law with his Father put Himself under it in order to redeem us.” – Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Romans – Assurance)

“Aristotle did not invent logic any more than Columbus invented America.” – R.C. Sproul

“A sight of His death – if it is a true sight – is the death of all love of sin.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.” – R.C. Sproul

“In fact, there is no worship of God that is better than the hearing of a sermon.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love him.” – P.T Forsyth

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  1. I read “The Creedal Imperative” recently, and the paragraph you quoted seems to be the thesis of the whole book. A very good read.

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