Quotes – April 2018

Quotes

April 2018

It is one thing to talk about the furnace; it is another thing to be in it. – Spurgeon

There is one badge of honor man refuses to see; those who are cast off by man are honored by God. – Michael Haigh

Time is for sinners, eternity is for the saint. – Michael Haigh

To the Christian: ‘God will give you a crown, but not to put on thine own head.’ – Spurgeon

A lesson from the gospel of John: I am only a voice for my Master. It is He who I must glorify. – Michael Haigh

The same cross which connects me with God, has separated me from the world. – C.H. Macintosh

It is not the work, but His name that gives authority and quality to the work that we do. 　-Michael Haigh

Even though you may hear a message with the words of God or Christ scattered throughout, listen carefully because most times the message is really about YOU and not about God and His Son Jesus Christ: it is about how YOU can live a happier life, how YOU can live a prosperous life, how YOU can be a better church goer and member, how YOU can be victorious, how YOU can be happy, it’s all about YOU! People love hearing about themselves. – Mary Haigh

A hasty man drinks his tea with a fork. – Chinese proverb

The infinite became an infant. The Creator became a child. The supernatural became a man. The Eternal chose to live in time so that He could bring sinful man into His timeless realm of sinlessness. He died so that man could live. He lived so that man would never have to die. He who placed the curse of death on men took on the curse of death so that mankind could be eternally free from the curse of death. – Mary Haigh

The greatest sinner is just as eligible for divine mercy as the very least of sinners. – Spurgeon

In the walk of faith the larger the step, the larger the faith must be. – Michael Haigh

Be on your feet what you are on your knees. – Mary Haigh

There are none so tender as those who have been skinned themselves. – Spurgeon

A lesson learned from Samson: ‘Self-sufficiency, as well as pride, may be the razor with which the enemy may shave away our strength.’ – Spurgeon

There are three things that mankind cannot see: the Spirit, the soul and his own heart. – Michael Haigh

Among the children of error there is no bond of unity save such as depends on common hostility to truth. – Sir Robert Anderson

One cannot have or maintain a hidden love, for a hidden love without outward expression, without feeling, without inner emotion and desire is a worthless love. – Michael Haigh

Men cannot and will not believe that the great controversy between them and God is altogether about Christ. – Sir Robert Anderson

It took a greater power for God to die then for Him to create all things. – Michael Haigh

A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it. – Chinese proverb

The Creator of all things subjected Himself to the womb of mankind. He humbled Himself to the very creation that He created. He became the smallest spark of life to give eternal life to as many as believe on His name. – Michael Haigh

Man judges character by conduct; God judges conduct by character. – Sir Robert Anderson

You can deny guilt, but that does not make you guiltless. You can deny sin, but that does not make you sinless. – Michael Haigh

How frequently do we hear persons defending a continuance in a position which they admit to be wrong, on the plea that they thereby enjoy a wider sphere of usefulness. – C. H. Macintosh

The Teaching Moment

The Sluggard in Scripture

couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, loafer, slouch, slug, malingerer, shirker, slacker, bum

 Note: The very first reference sets the entire scene because the Holy Spirit set the first mention of sluggard in Proverbs 6:6. We see a characteristic of man in the two single digits of the number 6, and don’t just shrug this off as incidental. Six (6) is the number of man, and two (2) is the number of witness, therefore, we have a witness of a specific trait in mankind in the word ‘sluggard.’ You might even recognize someone you know in the six (6) references. Oh, yes, you will also discover that the word sluggard is only mentioned six (6) times in the entire Bible.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: (Proverbs 6:6)

The  sluggard is compared to a mere insect, he has much that he can learn from the insect. The lowly insect has more understanding than the sluggard.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? (Proverbs 6:9)

Not much to be added here.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him. (Proverbs 10:26)

Whenever the sluggard is employed or charged with responsibility he becomes an irritant, an aggravation, and because of experiences with sluggards, I can state that the only thing that they work at is to deliberately be an irritant.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Proverbs 13:4)

The sluggard is very envious and proud. He desires and craves what others have who have been diligent in their work; he is above all who labor.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing. (Proverbs 20:4)

The sluggard not only refuses to work in the cold, but he won’t work in the heat either; in fact, he refuses to work in all climates. The sluggard always has a reason and an excuse for his poverty.

The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. (Proverbs 26:16)

The sluggard is the only wise person in the room. He knows more about everything then anyone else. He knows how to do everything better and smarter then anyone else. He loves to control the narrative on how everything should be built, paid for, and accomplished. And because he has accomplished nothing in his existence, he is, therefore, better qualified to make decisions.

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