Quotes To Ponder (114)

“The church that can’t worship must be entertained. And men who can’t lead the church to worship must provide the entertainment.” – A. W. Tozer

“Let me give you a statement that is the most offensive claim that can be made in the realm of religion. Here it is … There is only one God, one Savior, one true religion, one holy book, one gospel, one way of salvation. All other religious claims are lies, deceptions, doctrines of Satan and demons that lead people to eternal hell along with all the immoral, irreligious, atheistic, hedonistic, naturalistic unbelievers. That is the most offensive statement that I could come up with. It just happens to be the truth. It is the truth. That is the exclusive truth of Christianity. Even within the professing church, any deviation from the true gospel of grace is a damning lie to be cursed. We understand why the world rejects this. It is, however, a very sad day when people inside the church – even the evangelical church – begin to reject this. And, as I have said, getting the gospel right is the most important reality in the world because the true gospel is the only way of salvation.” – John MacArthur

“A pastor must have the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child and the skin of a rhinoceros.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“The worst thing that can happen to sinners is to be allowed to go on sinning without any divine restraints. At the end of the New Testament, in the book of Revelation when the description of the last judgment is set forth, God says, ‘He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still’ (Rev. 22:11). God gives people over to what they want. He abandons them to their sinful impulses and removes His restraints, saying in essence, ‘If you want to sin, go ahead and sin.’ This is what theologians call ‘judicial abandonment.’ God, in dispensing His just judgment, abandons the impenitent sinner forever.” – R.C. Sproul, Romans: An Expositional Commentary, pp. 32-33

“Real revivalism is the extraordinary blessing of God on the ordinary means of grace.” – John Williamson Nevin

To every believer, the debt–book is crossed; the black lines of sin are crossed out in the red lines of Christ’s blood. —Thomas Watson

“The greatest act of mercy that God performs is giving the gift of faith.” —R.C. Sproul

“There are very few errors and false doctrines of which the beginning may not be traced up to unsound views about the corruption of human nature. Wrong views of a disease will always bring with them wrong views of a remedy. Wrong views of the corruption of human nature will always carry with them wrong views of the grand antidote and cure of that corruption.” – J. C. Ryle , the First Bishop Of Liverpool

“The Holy Spirit has to change a person’s heart before He will ever say ‘yes’ to Jesus.” —R.C. Sproul

“No man by nature and left to himself has ever sought God…If you and I can claim as Christian people that we are seeking God, there is only one explanation for it, and that is that God has first sought us…Show me a man who can say honestly that he is seeking after God, and I will show you a man who has been quickened by God’s Spirit, whom God has sought.” – Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Romans – The Righteousness Judgment Of God)

“Readiness NOT speculation is what we need regarding the return of our Lord.” – Robert Briggs

“The church is not an institution for perfect people. It is a sanctuary for sinners saved by grace, a nursery for God’s sweet children to be nurtured and grow strong. It is the fold for Christ’s sheep, the home for Christ’s family. The church is the dearest place on earth.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“There is no single moment – no song sung or prayer prayed or feeling felt – when a church ‘enters the presence of God.’ Whether felt or not, every true, gathered church IS the dwelling place of God on earth – a temple in whom Christ fills all in all through the indwelling Holy Spirit.” – Jeff Wiesner

“People sometimes ask, ‘What makes your church different from other churches.’ I say, ‘Good question. But we might start with, How is my church like true churches in every place through the ages?’ This is one implication of confessing ‘one, holy, catholic and apostolic church.’” – Jeff Wiesner

“Satan and the demons know who Jesus is, but Satan would never put his personal trust or reliance upon Christ.” —R.C. Sproul

“No man can do a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.” C. H. Spurgeon

“The flesh is not totally annihilated at conversion; the war goes on.” —R.C. Sproul

“To live ‘coram Deo’ is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.” —R.C. Sproul

“A believer’s dying day is his ascension day to glory.” – Thomas Watson

“The Bible clearly teaches that God is both infinitely good and in control of all creation—even the evil in the world. Though He is not the author of evil, He is Ruler over it, as the book of Job illustrates. And because God is in control of all things, we can have hope and turn to Him for mercy and grace in the face of overwhelming circumstances.” – Paul Tautges