Quotes – September 2019

Quotes

September 2019

Such words as father, son, bride, bridegroom, priest, king, and the like were not borrowed from their present sphere of usage among mankind, but existed in celestial relationships before the world was. – Charles J. Rolls (1856 – unknown)

Our obedience ought to be in knowledge and meditation: work is prayer acting. – Adolph Saphir (1831 – 1891)

Man, whether a preacher, or a prophet, or a teacher, or in any other position is NOT the authority over the Word of God. The Word of God is the authority over all mankind. – Michael Haigh

Lending money to a man causes him to lose his memory. – French Proverb

All around us are those who mistake a theoretical knowledge of the gospel for a saving acquaintance. – Arthur W. Pink (1886 – 1952)

No one other than Christ ever appeared on the horizon who was fully aware of the counsel of God’s will (Ephesians 1:11) and came solely for the purpose of fulfilling it. – Charles J. Rolls (1856 – unknown)

In every age, indeed, religion has been the most implacable enemy of God, the most relentless persecutor of His people. – Sir Robert Anderson, (1841 – 1918)

The reality of our age is not seen in modern Christianity because they hide their faces from the complete depravity of mankind thinking that there is ‘some’ good in their evil hearts. This is why the Bible is not read by the average churchgoer for he has not seen the evil of his own heart. He is relying on an imaginary thought that his heart is good. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God has become just a by-phrase without reality in the heart. – Michael Haigh

He is rich who owes nothing. – French Proverb

And the only truth which God requires from the sinner is the acknowledgment of what he is. – Sir Robert Anderson, (1841 – 1918)

Faith rests on a far more solid ground than the evidence of our senses, and that is, the Word of God. Our senses may deceive us, but God’s Word never can. C. H. Macintosh – (1820 – 1896)

True faith demands true obedience. – Michael Haigh

If you would live healthy, be old early. Spanish Proverb

Adam was so unique that God gave Adam a different heart then all the other creatures, a different soul, and a different spirit. Adam’s heart, soul, and spirit were to reflect the mind, and thought of God within his inner being; therefore, the very image of Adam outwardly (the things that are seen) and inwardly (the things that are unseen) would reflect the image of God. – Michael Haigh

Faith is not the cause of the new birth, but the consequence of it. – A. W. Pink – (1886 – 1952)

Everyone who finds himself in heaven will have to thank God for it, and every one that finds himself in hell will have to thank himself. – C. H. Macintosh (1820 – 1896)

. . . the house of God does not edify, but is edified. – J. N. Darby (1800 – 1882)

Both the outward and inward image of Adam were to resemble His Creator. Adam was made in the image of Christ to reflect the image of God. In the redeemed child of God, the inward man has been renewed with a new heart, with a new soul, and with a new spirit. The outward man will be conformed to the image of Christ when Christ receives His inheritance, the adopted sons of God. – Michael Haigh

Young Christian: Some are allowed to have a long season of joy on first believing, but God knows our hearts, and how soon we should be depending on our joy, and not on Christ. He is our object: joy is not our object. Do not let your joy lead you to forget the source of it. – J. N. Darby (1800 – 1882)

Re: http://thegenesisepic.com/the-rephaim/ Sin is never content to remain static, sin is aggressive, sin needs to find the lowest point that it can fall, sin feeds on itself, sin needs to dominant all that man is: the beauty of man’s body needs to be scarred, the mind of man needs to be controlled and corrupted, and the spirit within man must be extinguished. – Mary Haigh

Men imagine the Most High is moved by sentiment, rather than by principle. –A. W. Pink – (1886 – 1952)

The last mention of the Canaanite in Scripture draws a picture of where evil works hard to be: in the house of the LORD. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 14:21) – Mary Haigh