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No. 22
Note
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



No. 23
Note
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



No. 24
Note
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



No. 25
Note
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.

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

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.

M.R. DeHaan, M.D. (1891-1965)
American Bible teacher, physician

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



No. 26
Note

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



No. 27
Note
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.
         --Author unknown

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



No. 28
Note

I used to ask God to help me.
Then I asked if I might help Him.
I ended up by asking Him
to do his work through me.

James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
English missionary and founder of China Inland Mission

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