Pithy gems from Martyn Lloyd Jones!

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The Christian is not a good man.
He is a vile wretch who has been saved by the grace of God!

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The tragedy of sin is that it affects man in his highest faculties.
Sin causes us to become fools and behave in an irrational manner.
Modern man, far from being ruled by reason, is ruled by lust and passion.

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The more holy a person is, the simpler will that person's life be.

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I'd rather hobble into Heaven, than run into Hell!

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God is nowhere more hidden, than in most churches!

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Pride is probably the deadliest and the most subtle of all sins, and it can assume many forms!

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The ultimate test of our spirituality, is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.

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Grace is favor shown to people who do not deserve any favor at all.
We deserve nothing but Hell!
If you think you deserve Heaven-then you are not a Christian.

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The Cross not only shows the love of God more gloriously than anything else-it also shows His righteousness, His justice, His holiness, and all the glory of His eternal attributes. They are all to be seen shining together there.

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Some tend to think that Christianity is a matter of being nice.
But niceness is purely biological. One dog is nicer than another dog!

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We must never parade ourselves!

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Do you think that you deserve God's forgiveness?
If you do, then you are not a Christian.

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When a man truly sees himself, he knows that nobody can say anything about him that is too bad.

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The trouble with man is not intellectual-but moral.

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If you claim to love Christ and yet are living an unholy life, there is only one thing to say about you: You are an impudent liar!

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The man who refuses to face the fact of his own death is a fool!

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To divorce forgiveness of sins from the actual living of the Christian life, is nothing but rank heresy!

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Christians are generally at their best, when they are in the furnace of affliction.

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If you are not holy, you are not a Christian.
 
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There are no shortcuts in the Christian life-no simple remedies.

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Nothing we do in the Christian life is harder than prayer.

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Intellectual pride is the last citadel of self.

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We have come to realize that a man can be educated and cultured, and still be a beast!

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The biggest hoax in the world for the last 150 years, has been the theory of evolution!

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The natural man is always looking at himself and admiring himself.

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I would rather make bricks without straw-than try to live the Sermon on the Mount in my own strength.

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No difficulty in believing the gospel is intellectual-it is always moral.

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The whole trouble in life, is ultimately a concern about self.

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A man is not a Christian unless he can say with Paul, "I am what I am by the grace of God!"

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Many who go to the psychiatrist are like the woman in the Gospels-they are nothing bettered, but rather grow worse!

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There is little difference between a ladies fashion parade, and a dog show!

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By definition, a Christian should be an enigma to every person who is not a Christian.