Pithy gems from Charles Simeon, 1759-1836

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If we had received our just deservings from God, there is not one among us who would not have been in the very depths of Hell, long, long ago!

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We should always contemplate God's sovereign and saving mercies with overwhelming gratitude and whole-hearted devotion!

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Believer! Not so much as a hair can fall from your head, but by the divine appointment of your all-loving heavenly Father!

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The evil of sin far exceeds all that language can express, or that any finite intelligence can conceive!

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At all times we must endeavor to live as in God's immediate presence!

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Even though sin is a sweet morsel in your mouth for a season—it will at last bite like a serpent, and sting like an adder!

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The ungodly often die as insensible of eternal realities as the beasts!

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The Word of God is the only standard of right and wrong; and by that we shall be judged in the last day.

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Every advance towards Christian maturity, will always be manifested by a proportionate growth in humility.

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No mother is so tender towards her newborn child, as God is towards his penitent and believing people.

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God is pleased oftentimes to afflict His people, in order to wean them from the love of this present world, and to quicken their souls to a greater delight in Him.

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Godly principles in the heart, always manifest themselves by actions in the life. Genuine piety is operative and influential on the whole life.

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The true Christian knows that if he were judged by the best act he ever performed, he must forever perish!

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All that the blood of Christ could purchase, and all that the love of God can bestow—is the portion reserved for every believer in the realms of bliss!

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Only view death aright, and you will account it among your most valued treasures!

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Most professing Christians are satisfied with a change in their opinions, though they have never experienced any change in their hearts and lives!

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We must bring our views, our desires, and our motives—to the strictest scrutiny of the Word.

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The Word of God, and Christ in the Word—is the proper food of the soul.

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Every true believer is a jewel in the Redeemer's crown!


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