6 Quotes for Friday, September 21, 2018

1. "Stop and ask yourself, 'What am I doing? You will be dead long before this world is ever put right. What therefore will happen to you?" - Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) 

  

2. "We  may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity." - Stephen Charnock (1628-1688) (Source)

3. "Excess in meat and drink clouds the mind, chokes good affections, and provokes lust. Many a man digs his own grave with his teeth." - Thomas Manton (1620-1677)


4. "Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, are preached in most churches." - George Whitefield (1714-1770) (Source)

5. "Justice also respects the responsibility of the needy person. Justice says that a person who chooses to be poor should be allowed to have what he chooses. Nor will justice allow us - for loves sake - to assume responsibility for other people's mistakes. If my neighbour goes deeply into debt for luxuries he bought with his credit card, and then habitually expects me to pay his heating bill, justice holds back the hand of love. If my neighbours business is on the verge of ruin because he is incompetent and lazy, justice may require love to let his business fail, and then help him find another line of work." - Lewis Smedes, Mere Morality - What God Expects From Ordinary People

6 (From the Bible) "For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless, I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day." - 2 Timothy 1:12 (Audio)

A recommended hymn based on 2 Timothy 1:12:

I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace

Recommended sermons on 2 Timothy 1:12:

Faith Illustrated, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

How Can I Be Sure I'm Saved? by Rev. Colin Mercer

Rays of Spiritual Optimism for a New Year, by Rev. Ian Brown

Entrusting the Soul to Christ, by Rev. John Greer

I Know Whom I Have Believed, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton