“I know that every difficulty we face in life, even those that come from our own negligence or even transgression, can be turned by the Lord into growth experiences, a virtual ladder upward. I certainly do not recommend transgression as a path to growth. It is painful, difficult, and so totally unnecessary. It is far wiser and so much easier to move forward in righteousness. But through proper repentance, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and obedience to His commandments, even the disappointment that comes from transgression can be converted into a return to happiness.” KnowsFacesMovingJesusDifficultGrowthChristLordPathReturnEasierJesus ChristDifficultyPainfulDisappointmentMoving ForwardObedienceRepentanceRighteousnessCommandmentsUnnecessaryWiserLaddersLord Jesus ChristTransgressionNegligence Author:Richard G. Scott
“Another proof of the conquest of a soul for Christ will be found in a real change of life. If the man does not live differently from what he did before, both at home and abroad, his repentance needs to be repented of and his conversion is a fiction” IfsMenNeedsDoeRealSoulHomeFoundChristFictionHe ManProofConversionLife ChangingRepentanceConquestReal Change Book:Select Works Source: Select Works
“If you were good enough, there would be no need of confessing Christ at all. It is just because you are not good enough, that Christ says to you, "Follow me." He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. It is not the perfect people whom He wants in His church, but those who have a deep sense of their own imperfection, and who believe that His strength is made perfect in weakness.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsBelieveMadeEnoughWould BeChristChurchPerfectWeaknessSinnerRepentanceGood EnoughImperfectionRighteousFollow MeNot Good EnoughConfessing Author:Washington Gladden
“Christ pitied because He loved, because He saw through all the wretchedness, and darkness, and bondage of evil; that there was in every human soul a possibility of repentance, of restoration; a germ of good, which, however stifled and overlaid, yet was capable of recovery, of health, of freedom, of perfection.” HumansSoulEvilChristDarknessSawsPossibilityCapablePerfectionRecoveryRepentanceBondageHuman SoulRestorationGermsWretchedness Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
“True repentance has as its constituent elements not only grief and hatred of sin, but also an apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ. It hates the sin, and not simply the penalty; and it hates the sin most of all because it has discovered God's love.” HateChristSinGriefElementsHatredMercyRepentancePenaltiesGod's LoveApprehensionConstituentsMercy Of GodTrue Repentance Book:Moses the Law-giver Source: Moses the Law-giver
“I read of the revivals of the past, great sweeping revivals where thousands of men were swept into the Kingdom of God. I read about Charles G. Finney winning his thousands and his hundreds of thousands of souls to Christ. Then I picked up a book and read the messages of Charles G. Finney and the message of Jonathan Edwards on 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,' and I said, 'No wonder men trembled; no wonder they fell in the altars and cried out in repentance and sobbed their way to the throne of grace!'” MenWaySaidBookSoulHandsPastWinningChristWonderGraceMessagesAngryKingdomsSinnerRepentanceCriedThronesKingdom Of GodRevivalAltarsSweeping Author:Leonard Ravenhill
“You cannot preach conviction of sin unless you have suffered it. You cannot preach repentance unless you have practiced it. You cannot preach faith unless you have exercised it. True preaching is artesian; it wells up from the great depths of the soul. If Christ has not made a well within us, there will be no outflow from us.” IfsWellsMadeSoulChristSinDepthConvictionRepentancePreaching Author:Charles Spurgeon
“Self-righteousness....is the largest idol of the human heart - the idol which man loves most and God hates most. Dearly beloved, you will always be going back to this idol. You are always trying to be something in yourself, to gain God's favour by thinking little of your sin, or by looking to your repentance, tears, prayers ; or by looking to your religious exercises, your frames, etc; or by looking to your graces, the Spirit's work in your heart. Beware of false Christs. Study sanctification to the utmost, but make not a Christ of it.” ThinkingMenTryingHumansHeartLittlesSelfChristianSpiritHateChristReligiousPrayerSinStudyGraceTearsExerciseGainsBelovedEtcRepentanceRighteousnessIdolsHuman HeartFavourAlways TryingSanctificationSelf RighteousSelf Righteousness Author:Robert Murray M'Cheyne
“Christ heals with more ease than any other. Christ makes the devil go out with a word (Mark 9:25). Nay, he can cure with a look: Christ's look melted Peter into repentance; it was a healing look. If Christ doth but cast a look upon the soul he can recover it. Therefore David prays to have a look from God, 'Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me' (Psalm 119:132).” IfsLooksSoulChristHealingChristianityPrayingDevilMarkCastsHealCuresEaseLook UpRepentancePeterMercifulPsalms Book:Extracts from the Writings of Thomas Watson Source: Extracts from the Writings of Thomas Watson
“The murders of Newtown are a warning to me - and you. Not a warning to see our schools as defenseless, but to see our souls as depraved. To see our need for a Savior. To humble ourselves in repentance for the God-diminishing bitterness of our hearts. To turn to Christ in desperate need, and to treasure his forgiveness, his transforming, and his friendship.” NeedsHeartSoulSchoolTurnsChristMurderHumbleTreasureDesperateRepentanceBitternessSaviorWarningTransformingDepravedDefenseless Author:John Piper
“It is not to be understood that I am with him (Jesus Christ) in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist; he takes the side of Spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin; I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it.” JesusSidesChristSinUnderstoodJesus ChristDoctrineRepentanceGood WorkFoundingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateOur Founding FathersFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersEfficacyFounding Fathers ReligionFounding Fathers ReligiousReligion GodSpiritualismFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersChristianity From Founding FathersChristian FatherForgiveness Of SinsSins Of The Father Book:Democracy Source: Democracy