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> [“Thus the defective doctrine of sin and the shallow idea of joy, working together, of necessity produce a superficial kind of person and a very inadequate kind of Christian life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/thus-the-defective-doctrine-of-sin-and-the-shallow-idea-of-joy/)

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

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> [“I cannot help feeling that the final explanation of the state of the Church today is a defective sense of sin and it defective doctrine of sin. Coupled with that, of course, is a failure to understand the true nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/i-cannot-help-feeling-that-the-final-explanation-of-the-state-of-the/)

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

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## More by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

> [“Religion is that which a man does with his own solitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/religion-is-that-which-a-man-does-with-his-own-solitude/)

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

> [“Anyone who thinks that he can live the Christian life himself is proclaiming that he is not a Christian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/anyone-who-thinks-that-he-can-live-the-christian-life-himself-is/)

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

> [“this life is a kind of preparatory school for the great life that is awaiting us beyond death and time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/this-life-is-a-kind-of-preparatory-school-for-the-great-life-that-is/)

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

> [“this other man within us, has got to be handled. Do not listen to him; turn on him; speak to him; condemn him; upbraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/this-other-man-within-us-has-got-to-be-handled-do-not-listen-to-him/)

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

> [“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.' What does it mean? Let me put it negatively like this. We are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/blessed-are-they-which-do-hunger-and-thirst-after-righteousness-what/)

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

> [“The Christian is confronted by two ways only, and if we are not on the strait and narrow way, we are on the wide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/the-christian-is-confronted-by-two-ways-only-and-if-we-are-not-on-the/)

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

> [“Once again, therefore, I would define meekness like this. The man who is truly meek is the one who is amazed that God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/once-again-therefore-i-would-define-meekness-like-this-the-man-who-is/)

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

> [“Preaching has very largely become a profession. Instead of real Christian sermons we are given secondhand expositions of psychology. The preachers say they that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/preaching-has-very-largely-become-a-profession-instead-of-real/)

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

> [“this is not allegory. I have no gospel unless this is history. In addition, I have been pointing out that as well as being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/this-is-not-allegory-i-have-no-gospel-unless-this-is-history-in/)

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

> [“The meek already inherit the earth in this life, in this way. A man who is truly meek is a man who is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/the-meek-already-inherit-the-earth-in-this-life-in-this-way-a-man-who/)

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

> [“Abraham had the same experience (Genesis 15).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/abraham-had-the-same-experience-genesis-15/)

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

> [“Thus the defective doctrine of sin and the shallow idea of joy, working together, of necessity produce a superficial kind of person and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/thus-the-defective-doctrine-of-sin-and-the-shallow-idea-of-joy/)

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

> [“For it is when a man sees himself in this unutterable hopelessness that the Holy Spirit reveals unto him the Lord Jesus Christ as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/for-it-is-when-a-man-sees-himself-in-this-unutterable-hopelessness/)

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

> [“There is nothing more futile, when dealing with this condition, than to act on the assumption that all Christians are identical in every respect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/there-is-nothing-more-futile-when-dealing-with-this-condition-than-to/)

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

> [“No book in the world today comes to us in the particular way that the Bible comes to us, exactly where we are, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/no-book-in-the-world-today-comes-to-us-in-the-particular-way-that-the/)

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

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