Miscellaneous Christian Quotes

These are miscellaneous Christian quotes that I didn't know how to categorize.

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Irenaeus, c. A.D. 185

It was for this reason, too, that the Lord descended into the regions beneath the earth, preaching his advent there also and the remission of sins received by those who believe in him. (Against Heresies IV:27:2)

Martin Luther, d. 1546

Some readily and very zealously engage in a good work, such as praying, reading, fasting, giving, serving, disciplining the body. But after two or three attempts they become indolent and fail to accomplish the undertaking. Their ardor subsides with the gratification of their curiosity. … The fervor that does not persevere in spiritual matters is carnal. Spiritual fervor increases with undertaking and effort. It is the nature of spirit not to know weariness. (Complete Sermons of Martin Luther, vol. IV, p. 39; "Second Sunday After Epiphany" (emphasis mine), c. 1525)

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John Knox, d. 1572

A man with God is always in the majority.

Elizabeth Rundle Charles, 1864

If I profess, with the loudest voice and the clearest exposition, every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christianity. Where the battle rages the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battle-field besides is mere flight and disgrace to him if he flinches at that one point. (The Chronicles of the Schoenberg Cotta Family; Thomas Nelson Publishers)

George MacDonald, d. 1905

From very childhood her mind had been filled with traditional utterances concerning the divine character and the divine plans—the merest inventions of men far more desirous of understanding what they were required to understand than of doing what they were required to do. (The Shepherd's Castle; Bethany House Publishers:1983; p.53)

The heart can only hear what it is capable of; but alas for him who will not hear what he is capable of hearing! (ibid., p. 113)

Jonathon Goforth, d. 1936

So much as one person with a contrary spirit to God is enough to affect all meetings - that the revival fire did not flow until that person broke and confessed, or the Lord removed him. (unknown)