6 Thought-Provoking Quotes for Wednesday, July 4, 2018

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1:  "It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he who reads most, but he who meditates most - who will prove the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian - Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) (Source)

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2: "We fear men so much - because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you - turn your thoughts to the wrath of God - William Gurnall (1617-1679) (Source)

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3: "A wicked generation is a generation of vipers - and ought to be told so.” Matthew Henry (1662-1714)


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4: "If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for." - Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1823-1892)

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5: "You should view these politicians with the deepest contempt you can possibly imagine. What they are doing to this country, what they are doing to our finances - there is not a criminal in any federal prison, state prison, city or county jail with respect to financial crimes of any sort who collectively could have done the kind of damage that Barack Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and yes, willing, timid, gutless Republicans have done to this country! To your future, to your children and your grandchildren. What they are doing is with malice and with forethought."  (Source)

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6 (From the Bible):

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, and so shall we ever be with the Lord." -  1 Thessalonians 4:16 & 17 (Audio)

Here are some sermons on all or parts of 1 Thessalonians 4:16 & 17:

Is the Rapture For Real? by Pastor Kevin Boling
Pilgrim's Progress: Man With a Dream, by John Bunyan (1628-1688)
Comfort From God's Judgment? by Dr. David P. Murray
Christ Our King From Heaven, by Rev. Foppe VanderZwaag
The Deliverance Day Clock, by Dr. David P. Murray
Earthquake But Not Heartquake, The Confidence of the Saints, The Courage That Follows, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
The Prospect of Eternal Communion With Christ, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes

For further study...

The 70 Weeks of Daniel, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]

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