Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. James 4:17

It is not only that sin consists in doing evil,
but in not doing the good that we know.

H. A. Ironside (1876-1951)
American Bible teacher, commentator, pastor

Robert Murray McCheyne was only 29 years of age when he died in 1843. He once wrote in his diary:

Live so as to be missed when dead.

Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843)
Scottish minister

Polycarp suffered much for Christ's sake. Euseius, the church historian, tells us that the Roman Proconsul commanded Polycarp to swear allegiance to Caesar, saying, "Swear, and I will set thee at liberty; reproach Christ." How courageous and magnificent was Polycarp's reply!

Eighty and six years have I now served Christ, and he has never done me the least wrong; how, then, can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?

Polycarp (c.69-c.155-160)
Bishop of Smyrna and martyr

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 3:23

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John 3:36

The Gospel is of no profit except it be believed.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8,9

Before an individual can be saved, he must first learn that he cannot save himself.

Salvation is a work of God for man,
rather than a work of man for God.

Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871-1952)
American Bible teacher, evangelist, educator, writer

The secret of peace within, and power without, is to be always and only occupied with Christ.

E. Schuyler English (1899-1981)
American Bible teacher, author

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13

So near, so very near to God
  Nearer I could not be;
For in the person of His Son,
  I am as near as He.
So dear, so very dear to God,
  I could not dearer be;
The love wherewith He loves His Son,
  Such is His love to me.
     —Catesby Paget (19th century)

And the glory which thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. John 17:22-23