IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
"In our natural life our ambitions are our own. In the Christian life we have no aim of our own, and God’s aim looks like missing the mark because we are too shortsighted to see what he is aiming at."
- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher
THE FOUNDATION STONES OF CHRISTIANITY
"The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won."
- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher
THE CLAIM OF CHRISTIANITY
"Perfect correspondence," according to Mr. Herbert Spencer, would be "perfect Life." To abolish Death, therefore, all that would be necessary would be to abolish Imperfection. But it is the claim of Christianity that it can abolish Death. And it is significant to notice that it does so meeting this very demand of science--it abolishes imperfection.'"
- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist
THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS
"The Christian witness through the centuries has been that "God so loved the world ... "; it remains for us to see that love in the light of God's infinitude. His love is measureless. It is more: it is boundless. It has no bounds because it is not a thing but a facet of the essential nature of God. His love is something He is, and because He is infinite that love can enfold the whole created world in itself and have room for ten thousand times ten thousand worlds beside."
- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher
TEST OF THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
"The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar
IF ANYONE WISHES TO COME AFTER ME
“And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?”
- Luke 9:23-25
THE CHRISTIAN MUST STAND FIRM ON HIS PRINCIPLES
"No, the Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in the truth."
- William Gurnall (1616-1679) English Anglican Clergyman
THE CHRISTIAN DOES NOT THINK
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar
MANY CHRISTIANS ARE IN TROUBLE ABOUT TEH FUTURE
"I find that many Christians are in trouble about the future; they think they will not have grace enough to die by. It is much more important that we should have grace enough to live by. It seems to me that death is of very little importance in the meantime. When the dying hour comes, there will be dying grace; but you do not require dying grace to live by."
- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher
A TRUE CHRISTIAN
“A true Christian lives and labors on earth not for himself but for his neighbor. Therefore, the whole spirit of his life impels him to do even that which he needs not do, but which is profitable and necessary for his neighbor.”
- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian
IN THE CHRISTIAN'S JOURNEY
"Nothing whatever, whether great or small, can happen to a believer, without God's ordering and permission. There is no such thing as "chance," "luck" or "accident" in the Christian's journey through this world. All is arranged and appointed by God. And all things are "working together" for the believer's good."
- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop
ALL CHRISTIAN POWER
"All Christian power springs from communion with God and from the indwelling of divine grace."
- James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Imprisoned American Minister
JESUS SAID TO HIM
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
- John 14:6
IF YOU READ HISTORY, YOU WILL FIND
"If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next."
- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar
THE DUTY OF EVERY CHRISTIAN
"It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor."
- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS STAMPED
The Christian life is stamped all through with impossibility. Human nature cannot come anywhere near what Jesus Christ demands, and any rational being facing his demands honestly, says, “It can’t be done, apart from a miracle.”
- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher
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