Theme: Discernment
But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
The voices may be many, the message can be but one.
There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God?
A Christian must be different from other people. Time has not changed the essential difference between the spirit of the world and the spirit of Christ.
He knows not God who knows not how to pray.
In soul matters fear moderation just as you would fear the plague.
Every man blameth the devil for his sins; but the great devil, the house-devil of every man, that lieth and eateth in every man’s bosom, is that idol that killeth all, himself.
Weak, evil, and self-seeking men are near us, and we lean upon them, look to them, and listen to them.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, he will be in the last place the remainder of the day.
We might as well extract water from the desert sands as peace from our own act of faith.
The hardest thing, I will admit, ever a man had to do is to become a Christian, and yet it is the easiest. This seems to many to be a paradox, but I will repeat it, it is the most difficult thing to become a Christian, and yet it is the easiest.
There is one kind of cause for every particular effect, and no other; and if one particular effect is desired, the corresponding cause must be set in motion.
There is nothing so heart-searching as the prayer of faith.
A discontented Christian is like a rough tempestuous sea; when the water is rough you can see nothing there; but when it is smooth and serene, then you may behold your face in the water.
There may be something very deceptive in our sufferings over our failures. We may seem to ourselves to be wholly occupied with the glory of God, and yet in our inmost souls it may be self alone that occasions all our trouble.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.”
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
The man who does not take pains about these three things must never expect to grow. Here are the roots of true Christianity. Wrong here, a man is wrong all the way through! Here is the whole reason why many professing Christians never seem to get on.
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
No chain is stronger than its weakest link.
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