Quotes – January 2018

Quotes

January 2018

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things. – D.L. Moody

A man is not made the judge of his own sin. Wm. Kelly

Be dogmatically true, obstinately holy, immovably honest, desperately kind, fixedly upright. –Spurgeon

A nation that forgets God, God remembers. Michael Haigh

In all dispensations outward form always falls into the hands of deceivers. William Kelly

Those who fight for religious freedom had no trouble signing it away for tax exemption. Michael Haigh

To speak of communion and worship while living in known sin is the melancholy proof that we know nothing of either one or the other. – C. H. Macintosh

Professional dreamers (those who do nothing with their dreams of opportunity) take away the dreams and opportunities of others; they are dream stealers. – Mary Haigh

We spend our life measuring time, when it is time that measures our life. Michael Haigh

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. – Chinese Proverb

Man is no more competent to judge Scripture than he is to judge God. The Scriptures judge man; not man the Scripture. – C. H. Macintosh

Morality without the foundation of the fear of God is empty and becomes a myth, a delusion that goodness can be achieved without God and lived apart from God. Mary Haigh

Re: the Christian: ‘We express more than we feel; we sing beyond our experience.’- C. H. Macintosh

When anyone says, I know God. Simply say, Then, tell me about Him. Mary Haigh

Let us not deceive ourselves by the vain imagination that God will ever accept our services based upon positive disobedience to His Word. – C. H. Macintosh

The highest moral order of law is first to obey that law. – Michael Haigh

A man’s conversation is the mirror of his thoughts. – Chinese proverb

. . . . when souls are occupied with experience whether it be in connection with holiness, power for service, or spiritual attainment — they always have something before them less than the purpose of God. – C. A. Coates

The religious cliché that ‘God hates sin, but loves the sinner,’ implies that God’s view of sin is flexible. Yes, God hates sin, and because He does He must judge sin. And how can He judge sin if not to judge the object that bears the sin — the sinner! The wonder of it all is that God is love, and because He is love He has already judged sin in His love, by His love, and through the Son of His love: Jesus Christ. – Mary Haigh

We are a reconciled people in the midst of an unreconciled world. – J. N. Darby

It is better to be unknown with integrity, then to be popular because of the loss of it. Michael Haigh

When all have rights, then no one has rights. When all make claim to their rights, then it infringes on someone’s rights. Man has only liberties and privileges — it is only God who has rights! Michael Haigh

God has been dethroned in the church, and man’s authority has been set up . . . man’s authority without Christ’s gift makes a man a minister; whereas Christ’s gift without man’s authority does not. If this be not a dishonor done to the Lord Christ, what is? C. H. Mackintosh

Because God is infinitely wise He cannot err, and because He is infinitely righteous He will not do wrong. A. Pink

No society can survive if the bridle is removed. You only end up with a wild horse that cannot be tamed. Michael Haigh ——— (Judges 21:25) In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

The carnal mind is enmity against God: resenting His authority, disliking His Holiness, hating His Sovereignty, and condemning His justice. A. Pink.

Hold fast the standard of the truth of God, and do not accept anything less; even though you may be alone. C.H. Mackintosh

It is shocking to reflect that a change in the weather has more effect on some men’s lives than the dread alternative of heaven or hell. -Spurgeon

Those who tell you that you cannot and must not judge have no problem with judging. Michael Haigh