God's Way of Holiness Quotes

“It is forgiveness that sets a man working for God. He does not work in order to be forgiven, but because he has been forgiven, and the consciousness of his sin being pardoned makes him long more for its entire removal than ever he did before.”
― Horatius Bonar, God's Way of Holiness

“The divine order then is first pardon, then holiness; first peace with God, and then conformity to the image of that God with whom we have been brought to be at peace.”
― Horatius Bonar, Gods Way of Holiness: Finding True Holiness through True Peace

“The avoidance of little evils, little sins, little inconsistencies, little weaknesses, little follies, little indiscretions and imprudences, little foibles, little indulgences of self and of the flesh, little acts of indolence or indecision, or slovenliness or cowardice, little equivocations or aberrations from high integrity, little touches of shabbiness or meanness...little indifferences to the feelings or wishes of others, little outbreaks of temper, or crossness, or selfishness, or vanity - the avoidance of such little things as these goes far to make up at least the negative beauty of a holy life.”
― Horatius Bonar, God's Way of Holiness

“A false idea or a diverging step at the outset may lead to a false religion throughout life, to an imperfect and superficial goodness, as one incorrect figure or sign in an equation falsifies both process and result.”
― Horatius Bonar, God's Way of Holiness

“Love is not a rule, but a motive. Love does not tell me what to do; it tells me how to do it. Love constrains me to do the will of the Beloved One; but to know what the will is, I must go elsewhere. The Law of our God is the will of the Beloved One, and were that expression of His will withdrawn, love would be utterly in the dark; it would not know what to do. It might say, I love my Master, and I love His service, and I want to do His bidding, but I must know the rules of His house, that I may know how to serve Him.”
― Horatius Bonar, God's Way of Holiness

“It is not merely that we “glory in the cross” (Gal 6:14), but we draw strength from it.”
― Horatius Bonar, God's Way of Holiness

“The first true touch of that Cross has secured for me the eternal blessing. I am in the hands of Christ, and none shall pluck me out (Joh 10:28).”
― Horatius Bonar, God's Way of Holiness

“A Christian is one who has been “crucified with Christ,” who has died with Him, been buried with Him, risen with Him, ascended with Him, and is seated “in heavenly places” with Him (Rom 6:3-8; Gal 2:20; Eph 2:5-6; Col 3:1-3).”
― Horatius Bonar, God's Way of Holiness