“The man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always on the defensive… To be truly meek means we no longer protect ourselves, because we see there is nothing worth defending… The man who is truly meek never pities himself, he is never sorry for himself. He never talks to himself and says, “You are having a hard time, how unkind these people are not to understand you.” PeopleMenMeanHardInterestHe ManProtectSorryPitySensitiveHard TimesMeekUnkindHaving A Hard Time Author:Martyn
“Whether we like it or not, a breakdown in home-life will eventually lead to a breakdown everywhere. This is, surely, the most menacing and dangerous aspect of the state of society at this present time. Once the family idea, the family unit, the family life is broken up - once that goes, soon you will have no other allegiance.” IdeasStatesHomeLife IsDangerousBrokenAspectUnitsFamily LifeAllegianceBreakdownPresent TimeBroken UpHome LifeFamily Unit Author:Martyn
“We must not concentrate overmuch upon our feelings. Do not spend too much time feeling your own pulse taking your own spiritual temperature, do not spend too much time analyzing your feelings. That is the high road to morbidity.” FeelingsSpiritualToo MuchTemperaturePulseAnalyzingHigh RoadMorbidity Author:Martyn
“The ultimate test of my understanding of the scriptural teaching is the amount of time I spend in prayer. As theology is ultimately the knowledge of God, the more theology I know, the more it should drive me to seek to know God. Not to know about Him but to know Him! The whole object of salvation is to bring me to knowledge of God. If all my knowledge does not lead me to prayer there is something wrong somewhere.” IfsKnowsShouldDoeWholeUnderstandingPrayerTeachingObjectsAmountTestsUltimateSalvationTheologyKnowing GodLeading MeKnowledge Of God Author:Martyn
“Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.” MenHumansSoulFacesPrayerActivityHighestKneesHuman SoulFace To FaceSoul Man Author:Martyn
“The tragedy is that many of us are living desperate Christian life. Sunday comes and we get some strength, and then we lose some on Monday; a good deal is gone by Tuesday and we wonder whether we have anything left. On Wednesday it has all gone and then we exist. Or perhaps refreshment comes in some other way, some meeting we attend, some friends we meet. Now that is the old order of things, that is not the new. He puts a well within us. We are not always drawing from somewhere outside. The well, the spring, goes on springing up from within into everlasting life.” WayWellsChristianOrderLeftLosesDealsWonderGoneGoes OnSpringTragedyMeetingsDrawingChristian LifeDesperateSundayMondayEverlastingTuesdayWednesdayRefreshmentsEverlasting Life Author:Martyn
“There is no 'love of God' for you unless you have repented or unless you do repent. Make no mistake about this. Do not rely or bank on God's love. It is only for the penitent; there is no entry into the kingdom of God except by repentance.” MistakeKingdomsGod LoveRelyRepentanceRepentKingdom Of GodGod's LoveEntryNo Love Author:Martyn
“The Christian must abstain from sin. It is as simple and direct as that. You have no right to say, 'I am weak, I cannot, and temptation is very powerful.' The answer of the New Testament is, Stop doing it!” ChristianSinSimpleAnswersPowerfulDirectWeakTemptationTestamentNew TestamentVery Powerful Author:Martyn
“Love is not just a sentiment. Love is a great controlling passion and it always expresses itself in terms of obedience.” PassionTermLove IsObedienceSentiments Author:Martyn
“The man or woman who is born of God, who is regenerate, simply does not and cannot continue-abide-in a life of sin. They may backslide temporarily, but if they are born of God they will come back. It is as certain as that they have been born again. It is the way to test whether or not someone is born again.” IfsMenWayMayDoeHas BeensCertainBornSinHe ManTestsBorn Again Author:Martyn
