Quotes April 2016
Whether it be the religionist or the atheist they cannot face the supernatural in Jesus Christ our Lord. – Michael Haigh
There are two kinds of hypocrites – covering up what you are, and pretending to be what you are not. – J. B. Stoney
Many pray with their lips for that which their hearts have no desire. – Jonathan Edwards
No doctrine in the whole Word of God has more excited the hatred of mankind than the truth of the absolute sovereignty of God. The fact that “the Lord reigneth” is indisputable, and it is this fact that arouses the utmost opposition in the unrenewed human heart. – Charles Spurgeon
The Bible, the Word of God, is the only true standard by which man should live. There is no current issue that is not addressed, there is no current situation that it does not appeal to. The Word of God is the only unchanging element in all areas of life.- Mary Haigh
An empty purse, and a new house makes a man wise, but too late. – Portuguese proverb
I wonder if there was ever a time when true spiritual worship was at a lower epp. To great sections of the church, the art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has come that strange and foreign thing called the ‘program.’ This word has been borrowed from the stage and applied with sad wisdom to the public service which now passes for worship among us. – R. A. Torrey
We walk throgh life with three great armies against us – the world, the flesh, and the devil. – Michael Haigh
. . . for there is not a book in the world which so encourages the use of our reason and the active employment of all the mental faculties that God has bestowed upon us. It sets a high value on knowledge, and it continually counsels us to get wisdom. – A. Saphir.
The assembly is not where you meet the Savior, it’s where you glorify Him. – Michael Haigh
The priesthood of a believer is to sever you from earth and draw you to a Person in heaven. – J. B. Stoney
A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness. – Jonathan Edwards
Know Him more in His exaltation and you will take a share in His rejection here. – J.B. Stoney
A nation that forgets God, God remembers. – Michael Haigh
Spiritual separation will lead to moral separation. – Michael Haigh
The visible professing church is under a delusion that it is not in a state of ruin.- Michael Haigh
Men first set about to be righteous by commands which they cannot fulfill and then they seek to add ceremonies, to eke out a righteousness of their own. That is the sum of the religion of so many — making an attempt at keeping the law, and then attaching the name of Christianity to it, while all God’s truth is shut out. – J. N. Darby
Earth’s dust (man) can only be transformed by heaven’s light. – Michael Haigh
Genesis is not the revelation of creation, but it is the revelation of the Creator. – Mary Haigh
This time setting phrase, ‘and the evening and the morning’ which is observed by Jews today is quite fitting, for they are still in the night of their day. – Mary Haigh
Better deserve honour and not have it, then have it and not deserve it. – Portuguese proverb
Worship is adoring contemplation of God. – R. A. Torrey
Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for their ancestors incline them to swallow down all their opinions at once, without examining what truth or falsehood there is in them. Men take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them. – Isaac Watts
The fatal spiritual error for the individual and for the ruined church is when the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit is set aside. – Michael Haigh
We try to add things to improve man, we try to add glory to something that is not glorious. Man does not need improvement, he needs renewing, he needs to be born again; and this can only happen through the miraculous moving of the Spirit of God within the heart of man. – Mary Haigh
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. (Psalm 39:5)
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. (Psalm 71:18)
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:26)
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Galatians 3:27)
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28)
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29)