Quotes – October 2016

Quotes

October 2016

The world never gives, it may concede something to us, if we concede something to it, but it never gives. That which is required by it is, generally, the sacrifice of faithfulness”. . . (to God). – J. N. Darby

A particle of dust in your eye can blind you for a second, but a particle of sin in your heart can blind you forever. – Michael Haigh

The Spirit of God first imparts love; he next inspires hope and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in many of our churches. – Moody

I have learned more through suffering than through happiness. – Michael Haigh

The worse enemies of the church are those who are within. – J. N. Darby

In times of greatest failures and apostasy, God comes near to those who have a heart for Him! – F. W. Grant

It is not the cross that divides man, it is the Christ of the cross that divides man. – Michael Haigh

There isn’t anything quite so chilling, quite so disheartening as a man without the Holy Spirit preaching about the Holy Spirit. –Tozer

Christ cannot come in the midst of His own unless His house is in order; sadly to say, in our day: the glory has departed. – Michael Haigh

The court is most merciful when the accused is most rich. – Hebrew proverb

The glory of the Christian: though he is rejected here, he is fully accepted in heaven. – Michael Haigh

I believe the holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness that remains in him. –Spurgeon

We do not approach God with Jesus Christ, we must approach God through Christ.-Michael Haigh

To see sin as God sees it is repentance. It is truth in the inward parts. It is holiness and truth in the heart. – J. N. Darby

The claws of religion, like the talons of a vulture, will snatch you away from fellowship with God and His dear Son, Jesus Christ. – Michael Haigh

Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this…. Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words from God. Luther spent his best three hours in prayer. – Robert Murray McCheyne

We are saved by grace, and we live in grace. It is the same grace that saved us that keeps us. – Michael Haigh

The nations so visited in judgement are those who have had largest opportunity to learn of God, as having been in nearest connection with Israel: that is, with the revelation of God, however, the nation has failed in its own testimony. – F. W. Grant (And I add: also as the professing church has failed in it’s testimony and witness).-Michael Haigh

An advantage of poverty: your relatives gain nothing by your death. – Hebrew Proverb

Many theologians try to defend the creation according to man, and not the Creator according to Scripture which is a contradiction of the very purpose of a theologian. – Michael Haigh

Modern unbelief is wealthy in speculations, guesses, fancies, and sadly bankrupt in solid facts. – F. B. Hole

The believer is here to experience the same rejection of man that his Lord experienced. – Michael Haigh

To those who want to have a narrative about global warming, let me add, you can’t handle the truth about true global warming. My definition of global warming Mary Haigh – 2 Peter 3:10 – 12

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10)

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, (2 Peter 3:11) 

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (2 Peter 3:12)

Ignorance in the Age of Technology or Starvation in the Land of Plenty: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: (Amos 8:11)

God requires that His creatures understand and know Him:

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: (Jeremiah 9:23)

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:24)

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. (Proverbs 9:10)

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28:28)

The duty of man: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Ecclesiastes 12:13)

The purpose of man: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (Revelation 4:11)

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