--- title: "5 Martyn-lloyd-jones Quotes By Martyn Lloyd-Jones" description: "5 Martyn-lloyd-jones quotes by Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Plus more from Martyn Lloyd-Jones and more Martyn-lloyd-jones sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_bible_according-to-scripture-the-trouble-with_69872.jpg" --- > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_bible_according-to-scripture-the-trouble-with_69872.jpg) > [“Thank God that it is not a matter of intellect, because if the recognition of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/thank-god-that-it-is-not-a-matter-of-intellect-because-if-the/) [Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_holy-spirit_thank-god-that-it-is-not-a-matter-of-int_1281551.jpg) > [“Here is one great name - Jehovah-jireh. You will find it in the story of Abraham going up into that mountain to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/here-is-one-great-name-jehovah-jireh-you-will-find-it-in-the-story-of/) [Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_jehovah-jireh_here-is-one-great-name-jehovah-jireh-you_1599194.jpg) > [“An ambassador from any country is always conscious of the fact that he has a tremendous responsibility because he is the representative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/an-ambassador-from-any-country-is-always-conscious-of-the-fact-that/) [Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_ambassador_an-ambassador-from-any-country-is-always_2137127.jpg) > [ “There is a joy possible in this life, he \[the apostle John\] says. Your joy can be full in this world, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/there-is-a-joy-possible-in-this-life-he-the-apostle-john-says-your/) [Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_fellowship-with-god_there-is-a-joy-possible-in-this-life-he_2711179.jpg) ## 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/) [Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-lloyd-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/martyn-lloyd-jones/martyn-lloyd-jones/#itemlist", "name": "5 Martyn-lloyd-jones Quotes By Martyn Lloyd-Jones", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“According to Scripture, the trouble with man by nature is not that he is incomplete but that he is dead.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martyn Lloyd-Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-lloyd-jones/according-to-scripture-the-trouble-with-man-by-nature-is-not-that-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_bible_according-to-scripture-the-trouble-with_69872.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_bible_according-to-scripture-the-trouble-with_69872.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/martyn-lloyd-jones-10434_bible_according-to-scripture-the-trouble-with_69872.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“According to Scripture, the trouble with man by nature is not that he is incomplete but that he is dead.” — Martyn Lloyd-Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Thank God that it is not a matter of intellect, because if the recognition of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ were a matter of intellect and ability, then the way of salvation would not be a fair one. 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