Category: Edifying Quotes


“An Eternal Perspective”

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April 26, 2011

Some 250 years ago William Law portrayed a “very prosperous and busy young tradesman” who was “about to die in his thirty-fifth year.” The young man had this to say to the friends who came to express their sympathy:

“You look upon me with pity, not that I am going unprepared to meet the Judge of quick and dead, but that I am to leave a prosperous trade in the flower of my life…. And yet what folly of the silliest children is so great as this?

Our poor friend Lepidus died…as he was dressing himself for a feast. Do you think it is now part of his trouble that he did not live till that entertainment was over? Feast and business and pleasures and enjoyments seem great things to us-but as soon as we add death to them they all sink into an equal littleness….

If I am now going into the joys of God, could there be any reason to grieve that this happened to me before I was forty years of age? Could it be a sad thing to go to heaven before I had made a few more bargains or stood a little longer behind a counter?

And if I am to go amongst lost spirits, could there be any reason to be content that this did not happen to me till I was old, and full of riches…? Now that judgment is the next thing that I look for, and everlasting happiness or misery is come so near to me, all the enjoyments and prosperities of life seem vain and insignificant….

But my friends, how I am surprised that I have not always had these thoughts…! What a strange thing it is that a little health or the poor business of a shop should keep us so senseless of these great things that are coming so fast upon us!”
“An Eternal Perspective“, The Berean Call, see: http://www.thebereancall.org/node/5718.

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“Our Life”

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“May Christianity be more than some big event or social club to us. May it, rather Christ, be our life. May we see this world as a military zone, not a theme park. Let us desire to jump into the trenches for our neighbor’s sake, knowing we are called to rescue souls from Hell, not entertain ourselves to death.” ~F. Huseby

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“Idols of the Heart”

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March 20, 2011

Put off the old man, don't search it out!

“One does not have to analyze the heart through hunting out a myriad of idols in order to walk according to the Spirit. These so-called idols (motivating, ruling desires, etc.) are only inner expressions of the flesh or “the old man.” Jesus took care of the matter fully and the New Testament clearly tells believers all they need to know about walking according to the new life in Christ, without extensive analysis of possible idols lurking in the hidden depths, because they can only be lurking in the flesh, the old man, which is corrupt and must be put off (Ephesians 4:22).

Martin and Deidre Bobgan, “Paul Tripp and Syncretism,” PsychoHeresy Awareness Letter, Volume 19, Number 2, March-April 2011.

“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24.

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“God’s Love- Unconditional or Undeserved?”

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January 22, 2011

“God’s love is available to human beings by grace alone. There is nothing anyone can do to earn that love. There is no good work that is either demanded or even possible. Does that make God’s love unconditional? Because unconditional love is absolute and without any conditions whatsoever, all men would be saved if God’s love were unconditional. But that would be universalism. That would nullify the need for Christ’s sacrificial death and God’s condition of salvation by grace through faith.” 

Martin and Deidre Bobgan, “Unconditional Love & Acceptance”, Web Article. 

For the full article, go to: http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/unconlov.html

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“The Good Shepherd” ~Tozer Quotable

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December 1, 2010

“When God’s sheep are in danger, the shepherd must not gaze at the stars and meditate on “inspirational” themes. He is morally obliged to grab his weapon and run to their defense.  When the circumstances call for it, love can use the sword, though by her nature she would rather bind up the broken heart and minister to the wounded. It is time fo rthe prophet and the seer to make themselves heard and felt again. For the last three decades timidity disguised as humility has crouched in her corner while the spiritual quality of evangelical Christianity has become progressively worse year by year. How long, O Lord, how long?”   A.W. Tozer,  “The Best of A.W.Tozer”, p.42.

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“Words vs. Images” ~Excellent Quotable

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November 29, 2010

“Our generation has largely given up on language as the primary means of communication, preferring images, instead. Whether it is television, computer graphics, or the psychological technique of visualization, images are primary while language and dialogue are eclipsed…

Language  [not the image] is the medium with which we ask and answer the question of truth. With language we are able to formulate our ethics and make judgments.  While the spoken word promotes reasoning, intereaction and careful thinking, the image promotes conformity and mass manipulation. 

When imagery becomes primary, our very humanity is threatened.”  (Emphasis mine.)

Reed, Jolley, “Language is the Medium,” in Eternity, May 1986, p. 43.

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“The History of Religion” ~Dave Hunt Quotable

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November 28, 2010

“The history of religion is the tragic tale of those who are morally spiritually blind and deaf yet who devise rituals and symbols in an attempt to “see” God and “hear” His voice and benefit from His power through means that the Bible condemns as idolatry and divination.”  Dave Hunt, “Beyond Seduction”, Chapter 10.

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“True Faith vs. Popular Religion” ~A.W. Tozer

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November 2, 2010

“True faith requires that we believe everything God has said about Himself, but also that we believe everything He has said about us.  Until we believe that we are as bad as God says we are, we can never believe that He will do for us what He says He will do.  Right here is where popular religion breaks down.”  A.W.Tozer, Gems from Tozer, 1969, p. 54.

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“Is Christ Alone Sufficient?” -J. Benjamin

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October 5, 2010
 “Is Christ alone sufficient?  Is Christ all that we need?  Unfortunately, often we do not realize that Christ is all that we need until He is all that we have! 
 
Would we be complete and content with only Him?  Christ is not only my Savior; He is also my Satisfier because Christ is fully sufficient to meet every one of my needs.  Nothing else will satisfy but Him because He is the Living Water (see John 4:13-14; 7:37) and the Bread of Life (see John 6:35). When I endeavor to find my satisfaction in any other person or thing, it is like trying to drink from a broken cistern that can hold no water (see Jeremiah 2:13). 

“Is Christ alone sufficient?  Is Christ all that we need?  Unfortunately, often we do not realize that Christ is all that we need until He is all that we have!

Perhaps God’s greatest desire for us is to recognize our need of Him and find our satisfaction and sufficiency in Him.  If there is a “formula” for living the Christian life, it is simply: Jesus Christ plus nothing equals everything!”  Jerry Benjamin, “Simply Singular- Is Christ Prominent or Preeminent?”, p. 18.

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“Getting Smaller…” A.W. Tozer

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September 25, 2010

“Only the humble man is completely sane, for he is the only one who sees clearly his own size and limitations.  The egotist sees things out of focus.  To himself he is large and God is correspondingly small, and that is a kind of moral insanity.  Humility is a coming back to sanity like Nebuchadnezzar.  The humble man evaluates everything correctly, and that makes him a wise man and a philosopher. 

Young Christians often hinder their own usefulness by their attitude toward themselves.  They begin with the innocent notion that they are at least a bit above the average in intelligence and ability, and consequently they feel shy about taking a humble place.  They want to begin at the top and work upward!  What happens is that they usually fail to secure the high place they feel qualified to fill and end up developing a chronic feeling of resentment toward everyone who stands in their way or fails to appreciate them. 

This is too serious to be funny and too tragically harmful to take lightly.  The simple fact is that no one can stand in the way of a completely humbled man.  There aren’t enough mountains in hell to hold down the true man or woman of God even if they were piled on him or her at once.  God chooses the meek to confound the mighty.  “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies, the Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” Psalm 8:2.  Babies pass for what they are — they have no pride in themselves and they bear no grudges.”  A. W. Tozer, “This World: Playground or Battleground?” pp.37-38.

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