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> [The most vital question to ask about all who claim to be Christian is this: Have they a soul thirst for God? ... Is their life centered on Him? Do they press forward more and more that they might know Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/the-most-vital-question-to-ask-about-all-who-claim-to-be-christian-is/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

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## More by Martyn Lloyd-Jones

> [“Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/have-you-realized-that-most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due-to-the/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [We need less travelling by jet plaes from congress to congress... but more kneeling and praying and pleading to God to have mercy on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/we-need-less-travelling-by-jet-plaes-from-congress-to-congress-but/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“According to Scripture, the trouble with man by nature is not that he is incomplete but that he is dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/according-to-scripture-the-trouble-with-man-by-nature-is-not-that-he/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [Man was never meant to be a god, but he is forever trying to deify himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/man-was-never-meant-to-be-a-god-but-he-is-forever-trying-to-deify/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [Faith is a refusal to panic, come what may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/faith-is-a-refusal-to-panic-come-what-may/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [The devil is so subtle that he dominates man and persuades him at the same time that he is not being dominated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/the-devil-is-so-subtle-that-he-dominates-man-and-persuades-him-at-the/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [A revival means days of heaven upon earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/a-revival-means-days-of-heaven-upon-earth/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [If you doubt your sins have been forgiven, that in itself is sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/if-you-doubt-your-sins-have-been-forgiven-that-in-itself-is-sin/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [You must be made miserable before you can know true Christian joy. Indeed the real trouble with the miserable Christian is that he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/you-must-be-made-miserable-before-you-can-know-true-christian-joy/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [Spiritual depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/spiritual-depression-or-unhappiness-in-the-christian-life-is-very/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [The church is always to be under the Word; she must be; we must keep her there. You must not assume that because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/the-church-is-always-to-be-under-the-word-she-must-be-we-must-keep/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [You are either a Christian or you are not a Christian; you cannot be partly a Christian. You are either "dead" or "alive"; you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/you-are-either-a-christian-or-you-are-not-a-christian-you-cannot-be/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/the-ultimate-test-of-our-spirituality-is-the-measure-of-our-amazement/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [To love to preach is one thing; to love to whom you preach is quite another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/to-love-to-preach-is-one-thing-to-love-to-whom-you-preach-is-quite/)

[Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/if-you-look-at-your-past-and-are-depressed-it-means-that-you-are/)

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