Puritan Quotes 1

Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition. (Jeremiah Burroughs)

It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he who reads most, but he who meditates most who will prove to be the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian!  (Thomas Brooks)

Let us use worldly things as wise pilgrims do their staves and other things necessary for their journey. So long as they help us forward in our way let us make use of them, and accordingly esteem them. But if they become troublesome hindrances and cumbersome burdens let us leave them behind us or cast them away. The temptations of prosperity, like unseen bullets, wound and kill us before they are discerned! (George Downame)

The best course to prevent falling into the pit is to keep at the greatest distance from it. He who will be so bold as to attempt to dance upon the brink of the pit may find by woeful experience, that it is a righteous thing with God that he should fall into the pit! Sin is a plague, yes, the greatest and most infectious plague in the world; and yet, ah! how few are there who tremble at it, who keep at a distance from it! (Thomas Brooks)

Riches are long in getting with many pains, hard in keeping with much care, quick in losing with much sorrow. (Thomas Fuller)

Your life is short, your duties are many, your assistance is great, and your reward is sure! Therefore, faint not, hold on and hold up in the paths of godliness and Heaven shall make amends for all! (Thomas Brooks)

Where one thousand are destroyed by the world's frowns ten thousand are destroyed by the world's smiles. The world, siren-like, sings us and sinks us! (Thomas Brooks)

We fear men so much because we fear God so little. One fear cure another. When man's terror scares you turn your thoughts to the wrath of God! (William Gurnall)

When we grow careless in keeping our souls then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses. (Richard Sibbes)

How sweet is rest, after fatigue! How sweet will Heaven be, when our toilsome journey is ended. (George Whitefield)

The winter prepares the earth for the spring so do sanctified afflictions prepare the soul for glory! (Richard Sibbes)

As the wicked are hurt by the best things so the godly are bettered by the worst. (William Jenkyn)

Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride! (Richard Sibbes)

To bless God for mercies is the way to increase them. To bless Him for miseries is the way to remove them. (William Dyer)

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Grace and Glory!

Grace is glory begun and glory is grace made perfect! 

 Grace is the first degree of glory, glory is the highest degree of grace! 

 Grace is the seed, glory is the flower! 

 Grace is the ring, glory is the sparkling diamond in the ring! 

[William Dyer] 

Psalm 84:11 ... For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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Crucify Your Sins!

Crucify your sins, which have crucified your Savior. Did the rocks rent, when Christ died for our sins? And shall not our hearts rent, who have lived in our sins? Oh, that the nails which pierced His hands, should now pierce our hearts. Oh, that they should wound themselves with their sorrows, who have wounded Christ with their sins. Oh, that they who have grieved His heart, should be grieved in their hearts. Oh, that I should be such a bad a child to Him, who has been such a good a Father to me. My sins have been my greatest terror, and my Savior has been my choicest helper. Oh, put sin to death, for sin was the cause of Christ's death. 

[William Dyer] 

Galatians 5:24-25 ... And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

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Mediate Upon Judgment

Meditate often on these four last things: Death, which is most certain. Judgment, which is most strict. Hell, which is most doleful. Heaven, which is most delightful. Meditate upon JUDGMENT, which is most strict. "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:10)

Those who will not come before His mercy-seat, shall be forced to come before His judgment-seat. Those who will not hear His Word, shall feel His Sword. Those who are graceless in this day, will be speechless in that day. At the world's end, such will be at their wits' end, to see: the earth flaming, the heavens melting, the stars falling, the graves opening, the judgment hastening, the sun and moon mourning, Christ and His angels coming. He who comes to raise the dead, will also come to judge the dead. 

 Oh sirs, the great day to great sinners will be a dreadful day, when they shall see Christ coming in the clouds: with great power and glory, crowned with dignity, enraged with anger, and attended with His angel reapers. He will bring all kings and nobles, high and low, rich and poor, to His judgment bar. And there He will judge them, not by the whiteness of their faces, but by the blackness of their hearts. "He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity." (Psalm 98:9)  

You who make no account of His coming, how can you give an account at His coming? Sirs, meditation on judgment, may make you judgment proof. Those who now judge themselves in their own private sessions, shall not be judged by Christ at His great white throne judgment.

 [William Dyer]

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Crucify Your Sins

 Crucify your sins, which have crucified your Savior.

Did the rocks rent, when Christ died for our sins?  And shall not our hearts rent, who have lived in our sins?

Oh, that the nails which pierced His hands,  should now pierce our hearts.

Oh, that they should wound themselves with their sorrows, who have wounded Christ with their sins.

Oh, that they who have grieved His heart, should be grieved in their hearts.

Oh, that I should be such a bad a child to Him, who has been such a good a Father to me.

My sins have been my greatest terror, and my Savior has been my choicest helper.

Oh, put sin to death, for sin was the cause of Christ's death.

[William Dyer]

Galatians 5:24 ... And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

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The Christian's Interpreter

The Word of God is the Christian's rule and the Spirit of God is the Christian's guide.

Most people walk by false rules:

  1. Some walk by popular opinions.
  2. Some walk by worldly customs.
  3. Some walk by providence.
  4. Some walk by conscience.
  5. Some walk by their own reason.
  6. Some walk by other men's examples.
  7. Some walk by their own lusts.

But, oh! my dear friends, let me beseech you to walk by none of these false rules, but keep close to the Word and Spirit of God.

[William Dyer]

2 Timothy 3:16 ...  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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Sin Has Robbed Us of Six Jewels

Certainly the misery of man was very great, that man should need such redemption as this. Oh. what a breach had sin made between God and us, that the Son of God must come from Heaven to earth to suffer all this. Oh sirs, mischievous sin has undone us. Sin has robbed everyone of six jewels, every one of which is of more worth than Heaven and earth. Would you know what jewels they are, which sin has robbed us of? I will tell you, and then you will agree that we were in a very miserable case indeed. 

 1. Sin robs us of the image of God. Was not this a precious jewel? I say, sin robbed us of the image of God, and drew the devil's picture in us. Malice is the devil's eye, oppression is the devil's hand, blasphemy is the devil's tongue, hypocrisy is the devil's cloven foot. 

 2. Sin robs us of our divine sonship, and makes us, slaves to the devil, slaves to sin, slaves to the world, slaves to ourselves. This is another jewel we have lost. 

 3. Sin robs us of our friendship with God, and makes us, enemies to God, enemies to Christ, enemies to our own souls, enemies to all that is holy. 

 4. Sin robs us of our communion and fellowship with God, and makes us strangers and aliens to God. 

 5. Sin robs us of our rights and privileges of Heaven and heavenly things, and makes us children of wrath and heirs of Hell. 

 6. Sin robs us of our honor and glory, and makes us vile and miserable; as you may see in Isaiah 1:6, "There is no soundness in us, but only wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores." 

Now sirs, put all this together, and then see whether or not we are miserable, and whether we needed a Savior to come and deliver us from this misery into which our souls were plunged. Now here is our happiness, Christians: in Christ we have these jewels back again, which we lost in the old Adam. The glorious image of God, our divine sonship, our friendship with God, our fellowship with God, our heavenly privileges, our glory and honor, we have regained all these by Jesus Christ! 

 [William Dyer]

 

   

Romans 5:6 ... For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. ❤

Ten Thousand Times More Precious

Christ is MOST precious. Oh, sirs, angels are precious, saints are precious, friends are precious, Heaven is precious but Christ is ten thousand times more precious than these.  A believer had rather have Christ without Heaven, than Heaven without Christ. "Whom have I in Heaven but You? and there is none on earth that I desire besides You." (Psalm 73:25) 

Let a believer search Heaven and earth, and yet he will find nothing comparable to Christ. To be like to Him, is our happiness. To draw near to Him, is our holiness. You see, beloved, life is precious, freedom is precious, health is precious, peace is precious, food and clothing are precious, gold and silver are precious, kingdoms and crowns are precious. Indeed they are, in their places, but nothing is as precious as Jesus Christ. Mark, sirs, what the apostle says, "But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ." (Philippians 3:7-8) 

The believer is the only blessed man, the only happy man, the only rich man. (Revelation 21:7,) "He who overcomes shall inherit all things." Oh what a glorious inheritance are they born to, who are new-born. All things are theirs, and they shall inherit all things. What can they desire, more than ALL? All that Christ has, is theirs: His wisdom is theirs to teach them, His love is theirs to pity them, His Spirit is theirs to comfort them, His righteousness is theirs to justify them, His power is theirs to protect them, and His glory is theirs to crown them. 

Oh sirs, Christ cannot but be most precious to a believer, because all his precious comforts come from Christ. The Lord Jesus is fairer than the fairest, sweeter than the sweetest, nearer than the nearest, dearer than the dearest, richer than the richest, and better than the best. "Yes, He is very precious to you who believe." (1 Peter 2:7.)  Jesus Christ is more precious to believers, than a thousand worlds. 

Oh sirs. to the believing soul Christ is precious, He is very precious, He is most precious, He is always precious, He is altogether precious. "Yes, He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend." (Song of Solomon 5:16.)  Jesus Christ is indeed our best friend. 

He is a faithful friend, a prudent friend, a providing friend, a compassionate friend, a constant friend, a loving friend, an everlasting friend. He loves us to the end and there is no end of His love. Oh, what a sweet friend is Christ! 

 [William Dyer]

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Jesus Came Leaping!!

The Scriptures tell us that Jesus came leaping! He came with such love that He came leaping! When a man goes leaping you may know that it was with a great eagerness. Jesus came leaping! 

How so? He came leaping from the throne to the womb, from the womb to the cradle, from the cradle to the cross, and from thence, to the throne again! 

This was His great leap! Oh! sirs, oh! sirs,  how eagerly did Jesus suffer and die for poor believers!

[William Dyer]

 

Song of Songs 2:8 ... The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. ❤

The Golden Goblet!

Beware of the whore of Babylon's golden goblet, and her sweet wine! Be like the virgin spouse of Christ who follows Him wherever He goes. Beware of false teachers! The devil has his ministers as well as Christ! "Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves!" (Matthew 7:15) 

Yes, they are ferocious wolves, they never have enough! "They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who turn to their own way, each seeks his own gain!" (Isaiah 56:11) 

Oh! false teachers do not feed the flock but fleece the flock! They do not convert but pervert! They do not purify but poison! They do not edify for salvation but destroy for damnation! Instead of curing souls they kill souls! Just so long as they pilfer the people's money they care not, though the devil has their souls! They are dogs and wolves combining together to massacre the flock of Christ! Oh! therefore keep yourselves from Babylon's merchants, who make merchandise of the souls of men. (Revelation 18:13) 

 Oh! the sins of teachers are the teachers of sins! Now, beloved, let your hearts be upright, your judgments sound, and your lives holy! Love the truth, and obey the truth, and hold fast the truth! Keep yourselves from false teachers, from false doctrines, from false worship, from false opinions! If you will be tasting and sipping of Babylon's golden goblet, you must resolve to receive Babylon's plagues!

[William Dyer]

Revelation 17:4-5 ...And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. ❤

The Great Day of His Wrath!!

"The great day of His wrath has come and who shall be able to stand!" (Revelation 6:17) 

Who may abide the day of His coming? Who shall stand when He appears? Oh, beloved! this is not the day of man's wrath! Men have had their day of reigning and raging, and despising God but that day is over and gone, and now God's day has come! This is the day of His wrath and woe to wicked, and woe to the whore of Babylon, for the hour of her judgment has come! This will be a day of great ASTONISHMENT to the wicked and ungodly, "The Lord shall smite them with madness and blindness, and astonishment of heart!" (Deuteronomy 28:28) 

 This will be a day of great TERROR to those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus! Therefore, says the apostle, "Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men." (2 Corinthians 5:11)  This day of God's wrath will be a day of great DISTRESS to the wicked, "I in turn will laugh at your disaster! I will mock when calamity overtakes you when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you!" (Proverbs 1:26-27)  This day of God's wrath will be a day of great CONTEMPT to the ungodly, "The Lord Almighty has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth!" (Isaiah 23:9)  This day of God's wrath will be a day of great DESTRUCTION, "The wicked are reserved to the day of destruction; they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath!" (Job 21:30) 

 Oh, beloved! God's GREAT wrath will be very terrible to the wicked! 

1. God's great wrath will tear them in pieces like a lion! "I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them!" (Hosea 5:14.) "Consider this, all you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue you!" (Psalm 50:22)  

2. God's great wrath will consume them like fire! "The Lord Almighty says, The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed, roots, branches, and all." (Malachi 4:1)  

3. God's great wrath will swallow up all His enemies! "You will capture all your enemies. Your strong right hand will seize all who hate You. You will throw them in a fiery furnace when You appear. In His wrath the Lord will swallow them up, and His fire will consume them!" (Psalm 21:8-9)

 Oh! the wrath of the Almighty is called in the Scripture: "The fierceness of His great wrath!" (2 Kings 23:26)   "The fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation!" (Psalm 78:49)   "The fury of His wrath!" (Revelation 16:19)

 [Willian Dyer]

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What Is It To Follow The Lamb?

To follow the Lamb wherever He goes is to follow Him in four things: 

1.  We follow the Lamb in His COMMANDMENTS. "If you love Me you will keep My commandments!" (John 14:15.)  "You are My friends if you do what I command you." (John 15:14.) Oh, beloved, we cannot follow the Lamb wherever He goes, unless we follow Him in His commandments! True Christians take as much delight in those precepts that enjoin holiness as in those promises that assure happiness. 

2.  We follow the Lamb in His TEACHING. "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me! But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice." (John 10:5, 27) 

3.  We follow the Lamb in His PROVIDENCE. Through all afflictions, all straits, all discouragements and sorrows whatever, though it is the way of death! We must forsake all to follow a crucified Christ, a condemned Christ, in bloody paths of sufferings if He calls us to it. "For," says Paul, "I am ready not to be bound only but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus Christ!" We must be willing to venture the loss of all for Him: our liberty, our estates, our relations, and our life itself! "We have forsaken all and followed You!" (Matthew 19:27) 

4.  We follow the Lamb in His EXAMPLE. "I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you." (John 13:15.) "Christ has suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow in His steps." (1 Peter 2:21.)  To follow in Christ's steps is to take Him for our example. We must not follow wicked men's example, who walk in the broad way that leads to death, for "They are the children of their father the Devil, and they love to do the evil things he does!" John 8:44. But we must follow our head Christ, who went about doing good. (Acts 10:38) 

Now this is to follow the Lamb wherever He goes: in His commands, in His teaching, in His providences, in His examples.

[William Dyer]

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God's Sword!

Oh, London, London! God speaks to you by His judgments! Because you would not hear the voice of His Word, He has made you to feel the stroke of His rod! Oh, great city! how has the plague broken in upon you, because of your abominations! "They provoked the Lord to anger by their wicked deeds so a plague broke out among them!" (Psalm 106:29.) Oh! how is the wrath of God kindled against you, that such multitudes of thousands have died within your borders by this severe plague, God's sword!

London! how are your streets thinned, your widows increased, and your cemeteries filled, your inhabitants fled, your trade decayed! Oh! therefore lay to heart all these things, and turn from your wicked ways, that the cry of your prayers may outcry the cry of your sins! Be like the city of Nineveh, who believed Jonah's message from God, and humbled themselves, and fasted and cried mightily unto the Lord. Oh, Did Nineveh repent and turn from their wicked ways and shall not London?

Perhaps you think that all is now well, and that God is pleased with you, because the plague is abating. I say, blessed be God for this! But "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. Whatever a man sows that he shall reap!" (Galatians 6:7.) To whomever God bestows great mercies, if they abound in great wickedness, He will inflict great punishments upon them! Alas! beloved, the plague abates but your sins increase! There is no turning from sin nor turning to God! There is no reformation and amendment of life among you! If this is so then God is not done afflicting you!

If you remain as profane as before, as superstitious as before, as carnal as before, as lukewarm as before, as hard-hearted as before, as proud and vain as before,  as worldly as before; I say, if it is thus with you, God is not yet done with London but has other judgments to pour out upon you, though He now causes the plague to cease.

[William Dyer]

Micah 6:9 … The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

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Busy Yourselves About Toys and Trifles!

Labor more for inward purity than for outward felicity. That man who is a laboring bee for earthly prosperity, will be but an idle drone for heavenly felicity.

Gold in your bags will make you greater but it is grace in your heart that will make you holier. He is a rich man who lives upon his wealth but he is a righteous man who lives upon his faith! A heavenly conversation, is better than any earthly possession. It is a great mercy to have a portion in the world but to have the world for a portion, is a great misery.

But, alas! some men are so in love with their golden bags, that they will ride with all possible haste to Hell if they are but paid well for their pains! They look upon gain as the highest good, and not upon godliness as the highest gain! They mind the present world so much as if it would never have an ending! They mind the world to come so little as if it would never have a beginning! The perishing things of this world are all the happiness of the men of this world! Oh, what wretched worldlings!

They are diligent about what is temporal but negligent about what is eternal! They are careful about fleeting vanities but slothful about durable excellencies! They feast their bodies but starve their souls! They lay up treasures on earth but none in Heaven! He who knocks at the creature's door for true happiness will find but an empty house kept there.

Oh, beloved, what is gold, compared to grace? What is earth, compared to Heaven? that you thus neglect the great things, the weighty things, the eternal things and busy yourselves about toys and trifles! You have a crown to look after, a Heaven to look after, a kingdom to look after!

I beseech you, beloved, labor more for inward holiness than for outward happiness! Labor more for the seed of grace than for the bag of gold! Labor more for inward piety than for outward plenty! Labor more for a heavenly kingdom than for an earthly possession! The earth is a saint's passage but Heaven is a saint's portion!

[William Dyer]

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Isaiah 55:2 … Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Colossians 3:1-2 … If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

John 6:27 … Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.❤

He Became Poor

He who was so rich became so poor!  He who was Lord of all had nothing at all!  He who made heaven and earth had no home of His own!  As He was born in another man's house so He was buried in another man's tomb!  He who gives crowns of glory to others had only a crown of thorns for Himself!

The foxes and the fowls had more than Jesus! "Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but I, the Son of Man, have no home of My own, not even a place to lay My head!" Matthew 8:20. The foxes had holes to lay their heads in but Christ had not a place to lay His head on.

"He became poor!" Yes, poor indeed, and so poor that He had not a penny! You will say, that a man is very poor who has not a penny! Truly such a one was Christ he had not a penny to pay the tax until He got it out of the fish's mouth!

Oh! admire and wonder at this! Is not Jesus the brightness of God, the paradise of angels,  the beauty of Heaven,  the Redeemer of man,  the destroyer of death,  the King of saints!  And that He should become so poor for us.  Oh! this is astonishing to angels and men!

[William Dyer]

2 Corinthians 8:9 ... For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. ❤

Jesus Came Leaping

The Scriptures tell us that Jesus came leaping! He came with such love that He came leaping!

When a man goes leaping, you may know that it was with a great eagerness.

Jesus came leaping! How so? He came leaping  from the throne to the womb,   from the womb to the cradle,  from the cradle to the cross, and from thence to the throne again!

This was His great leap! Oh! sirs, oh! sirs, how eagerly did Jesus suffer and die for poor believers!

[William Dyer]

Song of Solomon 2:8 ... The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

Luke 1:44 ... For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Ephesians 5:2 ... And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.❤

Perfect Knowledge

Oh, brethren, earthly kings and princes do not know all their subjects; nay, they know very few. Alas! they do not know a quarter of them! They are not acquainted with all the troubles, and needs, and miseries that their poor subjects lie under.

The Lord Jesus infinitely excels all other kings in that He has a perfect knowledge of all His subjects! He knows them all by name. He knows all their thoughts, all their needs, all their ways, all their conditions.

So say I to you, brethren, Your King knows all your necessities, all your sufferings, all your troubles,  all your fears!

Oh, poor souls, Christ knows everything about you! This is our great happiness, that we have a King who knows us so well. Oh, here is the excellency of our King!

[William Dyer]

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Psalm 23:1 ... The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Philippians 4:19 ... But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ... Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.❤

Follow The Lamb

A believer follows the Lamb TRULY, without hypocrisy. Many follow the Lamb, as beggars follow a rich man only for his money. They prize the wages of religion above the works of religion! "I tell you the truth, you are looking for Me because you ate the loaves and had your fill!" John 6:26. Oh, beloved, God abhors a hypocrite more than a Sodomite! Hell is provided on purpose for hypocrites, "He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!" Matthew 24:51

My beloved, following the Lamb fully, is to have the heart fixed and resolved for God. "My soul clings to You," says David in Psalm 63:8. "As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, O God. I thirst for God for the living God!" Psalm 42:1-2

A believer follows the Lamb CONSTANTLY, without apostasy. A true believer never stops following the Lamb.

He does not follow the Lamb wherever He goes who follows the Lamb earnestly for a while but afterwards forsakes Him, when the storm arises! "Since he has no root he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the Word he quickly falls away!" Matthew 13:21

He does not follow the Lamb wherever He goes, who follows the Lamb in some things and the beast in other things! "They worshiped the Lord but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought." 2 Kings 17:33

He does not follow the Lamb wherever He goes who follows the Lord in a dull heavy manner, and lukewarm temper. "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold I am going to vomit you out of My mouth!" Revelation 3:15-16

Oh! this is not following the Lamb!

Those who follow the Lamb abide in the Lamb, and cleave to the Lamb, and continue constantly in the Lamb's ways, unto the end of their days. "The righteous person will hold to his way!" Job 17:9. The righteous man follows the Lamb wherever He goes.

[William Dyer]

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Nothing As Precious

Christ is MOST precious! Oh, sirs! angels are precious, saints are precious, friends are precious, Heaven is precious but Christ is ten thousand times more precious than these!

Let a believer search Heaven and earth and yet he will find nothing comparable to Christ. To be like to Him is our happiness! To draw near to Him is our holiness! You see, beloved, life is precious, freedom is precious, health is precious, peace is precious, food and clothing are precious, gold and silver are precious, kingdoms and crowns are precious. Indeed they are, in their places but nothing is as precious as Jesus Christ!

[William Dyer]

Psalm 73:25 ... Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Philippians 3:8 ... Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

1 Peter 2:7 ... Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,❤

Getting to Heaven

You may go to Heaven

without health,

without wealth,

without honor,

without pleasure,

without friends,

without learning,

but you can never go to Heaven without Christ!

[William Dyer]

John 14:6 ... Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Galatians 2:20 ... I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.❤