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“Instead of man to love, we have a man-god to worship . From being the example of devotion, he is its object; the religion of Christ ended with his life , and left us instead but the Christian religion.”

Men Christian Left Christ Example Objects Worship Devotion

Book:The Nemesis of Faith

Source: The Nemesis of Faith

“I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most ooundless conceptions, we are left at the same time ready, though our hearts be thrilled, to have our hands filled for deeds of benevolence and love. The happiest moments may be the busiest moments.”

Heart May Soul Moments Hands Left Christ Emotion Ready Highest And Love Filled Deeds Intellect Conception Rejoice Reign Benevolence

Author:Matthew Simpson

“So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith is born of the sense of need. But when we compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, and through Him, with God, we are humbled to the dust, and then faith is born, for there is nothing left to do but to trust to the mercy of God.”

Needs Humans Long Self Jesus Left Christ Born Rooms Judging Jesus Christ Mercy Satisfaction Dust Plenty Compare Comparison Self-satisfaction Mercy Of God

Author:William Barclay

“When Christ was about to leave the world, He made His will. His soul He committed to His father; His body He bequeathed to Joseph to be decently interred; His clothes fell to the soldiers; His mother He left to the care of John; but what should He leave to His poor disciples that had left all for Him? Silver and gold He had none; but He left them that which was infinitely better, His peace.”

World Should Made Soul Body Care Mother Father Left Peace Christ Poor Clothes Gold Soldier Committed Silver Disciple

Book:Bible commentary - Gospel of John

Source: Bible commentary - Gospel of John

“He who tears down the cross, what is there left to lift him to heaven? The church claiming to be a Christian church is false to the title, if she make the cross of Christ of none effect.”

Ifs Christian Left Heaven Christ Church Effects Tears Crosses Lifts Titles Christian Church

Author:Herrick Johnson

“Radical Christians are not people who wear Christian t-shirts. Radical Christians are those who bear fruit of the Holy Spirit...A little boy, Andrew, a Muslim shot him five times through the stomach and left him on a sidewalk simply because he said, 'I am so afraid, but I can not deny Jesus Christ! Please don't kill me! But I will not deny Him!' He died in a pool of blood, and you talk about being a radical Christian because you wear a t-shirt!”

“You may say, 'God doesn't hate anybody. God is love.' No, my friend. You need to understand something. Jesus Christ taught, the prophets taught, the apostles taught this: that apart from the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord the only thing left for you is the wrath, the fierce anger of God because of your rebellion and your sin.”

Needs May Hate Jesus Left Christ Sin Lord Grace Taught My Friends Jesus Christ Prophet Rebellion Fierce Wrath Grace Of God Our Lord Apostles God Is Love

Author:Paul Washer

“The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused Him of being a bore - on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium.”

People Has Beens Jesus Left Christ Justice Generations Personality Safe Jesus Christ Contrary Atmosphere Surround Bores Accused Shattering Tedium Dynamic Personality

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ. Such a man knows that the call to discipleship is a gift of grace, and that the call is inseparable from the grace. But those who try to use this grace as a dispensation from following Christ are simply deceiving themselves.”

Knows Men Trying Use Left Christ Grace He Man Following Deceiving Justified Discipleship Inseparable Following Christ

Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.”

People Christian Religion Left President Christ Saws Son Praying Soldier Graves Trials My Son Buried Gettysburg Pray For Me

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“I was reading an interview with Keith Richards in a magazine and in the interview Keith Richards intimated that kids should not do drugs. Keith Richards! Says that kids should not do drugs! Keith, we can't do any more drugs because you already f-king did them all, alright? There's none left! We have to wait 'til you die and smoke your ashes! Jesus Christ! Talk about the pot and the f-kin' kettle.”

Should Kids Dies Reading Jesus Left Waiting Christ Kings Drug Jesus Christ Magazines Smoke Interviews Pot Ashes Alright Keith Kettles

Author:Denis Leary

“Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.”

Earth Left Heaven Christ Taken

Book:The Select Works of the Rev. John Newton: ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life & C

Source: The Select Works of the Rev. John Newton: ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life & C

“Christ didn't leave us a book of instructions; He left us a body, a family - a Church. If it were perfectly clear, there wouldn't be any freedom.”

Ifs Book Body Left Christ Church Clear Instruction

Author:Francis George