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“Repentance is the inseparable companion of faith. All the while that we walk by faith and not by sight, the tear of repentance glitters in the eye of faith.” - Spurgeon

“The things that defile the man come from an unwashed heart, not from unwashed hands. The need is for God to cleanse men’s hearts, not for men to wash their hands.”

"Faith is strengthened by its being taken to extremities it has never faced before."

"The most spectacular miracle was accomplished without Jesus saying a word or raising a hand."

"He came to them through the very danger that threatened to destroy them, walking on the sea. He used the trial as His footpath."

"When believers are in the place of obedience they are in the place of safety, no matter what the circumstances. The place of security is not the place of favorable circumstances but the place of obedience to God's will."

“Salvation costs nothing in the sense of payment but everything in the sense of surrender.”

"Not even the most faithful and enlightened saints of the Old Testament were given the insights that the apostles and every believer since have been given the privilege of having ... as Christians, we not only have God's completed revelation in Scripture but the very author of that Scripture living within us -- to explan, interpret, and apply its truths."

"Sin is most clearly and indeisputably manifested by how a person responds to Jesus Christ."

"Scientists theorize that sounds waves are never completely lost but gradually fade beyond detection. With sufficiently sensitive instruments, every word ever spoken in the history of mankind presumably could be retrived. How much more certain can we be that in God's infallible records every word and deed of mankind is perfectly preserved for use as evidence in the coming judgment!"

"The nature of sinful man is to destroy, but the nature of the holy God is to restore ... in the hands of the Savior, the battered reed is not discarded but restored, and the smoldering wick is not put out but rekindled."

"The essence of Jesus' life, His very food, was to do His Father's will."

"Scripture ascribes many titles to Christ [Messiah], and none is more fitting or lovely than 'My Servant'."

“Only the person emptied of human wisdom can be filled with divine truth.”

“It is not intelligence but intellectual pride that shuts people out of the kingdom.”

“The heart and not the head is the home of the gospel.”

“Although good works do not produce salvation, salvation does produce good works.”

“Submission to Christ brings the greatest liberation a person can experience - actually the only true liberation he can experience.”

"Virtually all the gospel references to doubt pertain to believers rather than to unbelievers ... He (John the Baptist) was the greatest man who had lived until his time, and, when they are confused, all believers can take comfort in his perplexity." - JMac

“If our gospel were received in peace, it would not be the true gospel” - Luther

“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose … I seek not a long life but a full one like You.” - Jim Elliot

"The man with a message from God has to undergo the hatred and enmity of a fossilized orthodoxy." - William Barclay

"Sometimes it takes an Andrew to reach a Peter."

"An ancient Roman coin depicted an ox facing both an altar and a plow, with the inscription 'Read for either.' That should be the attitude of every believer."

"John was always a witness to the truth and ever a teacher of love. Truth guarded his love, and love surrounded his truth."