Quotes and Notes, No. 22-28 - Christian Quotations

Quotes and Notes

No. 22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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