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"There are many, like Cornelius and his friends, very devout and sincere and, in a way, God-fearing, religious, but not in Life until the Holy Spirit comes to them." - T. Austin Sparks

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The Word did not become a philosophy or a theology or a concept to be discussed, debated, or pondered. But the Word became a Person to be followed, loved, and enjoyed.

...From a Christmas card I saw years ago...

"Oh my friends, we are loaded with countless church activities, while the real work of the church, that of evangelizing and winning the lost is almost entirely neglected." - Oswald J. Smith

Name this scripture:

Hint: Gerasenian Quatrain

"Rabbi! Be Gone!!!
And Take this Fool of Thine!
You LOVE his Soul
But we Prefer Swine!"

"Everything in our Christian life is dependent on our being filled with the Spirit." - Zac Poonen

"All that leads us to be agreeable to the world, and to the customs of men takes away the offence of the cross, and renders us agreeable to the world, but puts us at a distance from Christ." - J.N. Darby

"It becomes all professing Christians to be much on their guard against flattery. We mistake greatly if we suppose that persecution and hard usage are the only weapons in Satan’s armory. That crafty foe has other engines for doing us mischief, which he knows well who to work. He knows how to poison souls by the world’s seductive kindness, when he cannot frighten them by the fiery dart and the sword. Let us not be ignorant of his devices. By peace he destroys many." - J.C. Ryle

Thank you, SI Moderators...

...for Brother Ryle's quote reminding us of the fine line crossing the chasm between ENCOURAGEMENT and FLATTERY.

The former comes from the Life Giving Heart of Christ and the latter, from a drooling gate in the open grave of a man's lips and tongue.

True-Love-in-Christ-Alone,

kyp

"But first and foremost we must understand the meaning of the Church, its dependence upon Christ, and its subjection to His Lordship. God does not want us to be independent believers each doing whatever is right in his own eyes; independent preachers each going his own way." - Bakht Singh

"If we could only realise that Christ is all, what a power there would be in our Christianity! Remember that if we get near to Christ we shall get near to each other. If a number of people are met in a large room, where the windows look out upon beautiful scenery and everything is an attraction, you will find some will go to the windows, others will gather round the book-cases, others round the fireplace, and so on; but if they are invited there to meet some person of commanding presence and attraction, everything else is forgotten. If Christ had the place in our creed and heart that He ought to have, there would be personal loyalty and personal love, and this is just what He claims." - Sir Robert Anderson

"If there is one thing that we must fear more than anything else in the church, it is giving people an impression about our spirituality that is not true." - Zac Poonen

"Holiness and love and joy characterize the land. They are the fruits which grow there spontaneously, as are the thanksgivings that arise in the hearts of those who are there through redeeming power." - J.N. Darby

"I dont feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
Galileo Galilei

"Learn to grapple with souls. Aim at the conscience. Exalt Christ. Use a sharp knife with yourself. Say little, serve all, pass on. This is true greatness, to serve unnoticed and work unseen. Oh, the joy of having nothing and being nothing, seeing nothing but a Living Christ in Glory, and being careful for nothing but His interests down here." - John Nelson Darby

"Pride is the greatest of all evils that beset us, and of all our enemies it is that which dies the slowest and hardest. . . . . God hates pride above all things, because it gives to man the place that belongs to Him who is above, exalted over all. Pride intercepts communion with God, and draws down His chastisement, for "God resists the proud."" - John Nelson Darby

"God's mercy with a sinner is only equaled and perhaps outmatched by His patience with the saints, with you and me." - Alan Redpath

"If you want to fight Satan effectively, the very first qualification is that you stop all fighting with human beings." - Zac Poonen