Sweet Quotes That Help Me Grow Closer To King Jesus 3

1. “Believers must not always insist on being entertained in order to learn the Bible.
   Toughen up and read like a battle is going on” (Jim Elliff).
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2. “You will never know for certain if a person considers you their pastor
   until you tell them ‘no’” 
(Dave Jacobs).
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3. “Man puts himself where only God deserves to be;
   God puts himself where only man deserves to be (the cross)” (John Stott).
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4. “While it looks like things are out of control,
   behind the scenes there is a God
   who hasn’t surrendered His authority” AW Tozer.
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5. “Facing Jesus when you die:
   If you’re ready, nothing better;
   if you’re not, nothing worse” (John Piper).
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6. “The things you daydream about in your spare time are ultimately the things you serve”
   (Tim Keller).
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7. “Jesus was patient under even greater suffering for us
   so we can be patient under lesser suffering for him” (Tim Keller).
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8. “The problem for humans is not that we FEEL guilty,
   but that we ARE guilty.
   Good news must deal with that reality” (Trevin Wax).
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9. “God doesn’t help those who help themselves.
   God helps those who know they cannot help themselves” (Erwin Lutzer).
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10. “Truth is so obscure in these times,
    and falsehood so established,
    that unless we love the truth,
    we cannot know it” (Blaise Pascal).
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11. “And the command to be doers of the Word
    doesn’t nullify our responsibility to prioritize the discipline of hearing the Word
    (Luke 10:38-42)” (Derek Brown).
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12. “Faith alone saves, but saving faith is never alone.
    It is always accompanied by great sacrifices for Christ’s sake.” ~Richard Wurmbrand
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13. “There is no free will in any of you, but to sin” (George Whitefield).
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14. “In large churches, people let you pastor because of your preaching.
    In small churches, people let you preach because of your pastoring generally” (Tim Keller).
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15. “Culture: Truth is private and personal.
    Scripture: Truth is public and a person” (Matt Smethurst).
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16. “Western cultures want a God who is loving and forgiving
    but not holy and transcendent” (Tim Keller).
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17. “The church no more gave us the New Testament canon
    than Sir Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity” (J. I. Packer)
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18. “Don’t examine your works to see if they have saved you.
    Examine your works to see if God has saved you” (Mark Dever).
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19. “Sadly, we tend to come to the church as consumers
    intent to plunder the benefits only” (Tim Keller).
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20. “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ,
    make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires” Romans 14:14.
    “Cut off the supply lines. Starve sin” (John Piper).
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21. “If you uproot an idol in your life
    and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place,
    the idol will grow back” (Tim Keller).
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22. “Holiness is always the saved sinner’s response of gratitude for grace received” (J.I. Packer).
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23. “The gospel must be used to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” (Tim Keller).
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24. “Repentance: is a characteristic of the whole life,
    not the action of a single moment.” (Sinclair Ferguson)
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25. “Do not try to make the gospel tasteful to carnal minds.
    Do not hide the offense of the cross, lest you make it of no effect” – Charles Spurgeon
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26. “Man’s extremity [rock bottom] is God’s opportunity” (George Whitefield).
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27. “True maturity does not mean repenting less.
    It means repenting more, and repenting more quickly” (Scott Sauls).
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28. He who will not go to bed till he pleases everybody
    will have to sit up a great many nights – Charles Spurgeon
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29. “If your conscience does not trouble you when you sin,
    you’ll do it again & again & again.
    That anthill of sin will soon become a mountain!” (Conrad Mbewe)
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30. “My dependence on God is not an infringement on my dignity,
    but rather it is the foundation of my identity.”
    (Nathan Rittenhouse, Ravi Zacharias International Ministry).