An inner life and inner enemies to conquer, battle and destroy. These enemies are the various desires that seek to distract our concentration by causing our thoughts to cling to outward things, things that will pass away. — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
False liberty is also a reason that people fabricate doctrines that say that you don't need to suffer. One such doctrine is the one that states that Jesus has done everything, so we need not do anything that opposes our flesh or self-will. False liberty is also manifest when people scorn souls who are striving to live a God-fearing life,… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share
Because there is liberating power in each and every truth, the one who walks in the truth in all his ways will be set… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
Those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, but you can't do that at the foot of the cross.… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
An inner life and inner enemies to conquer, battle and destroy. These enemies are the various desires that seek to distract our concentration by… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
A longsuffering person will endure where others give up. He always thinks about how God has been longsuffering toward him, and he counts God's… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
God implants Spirit and zeal into our hearts in order to accomplish a work. When the work is done, a quiet rest remains. We… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
This is perdition: the things to which the heart was attached pass away while the person himself, who is an eternal being, is filled… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
Only few know what righteousness is. It is righteous to suffer for your own foolishness. When you sin, it is righteous to bear the… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
James says that you deceive yourself if you only hear the Word but do not do it. How many people live in this deception… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
People could achieve much more if only they would put in more effort. You must take responsibility for your own life. Be conscious of… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
If a person forges ahead in the light and yet has lost his care for the others, the purpose of the light is wasted.… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
No one can be transferred from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God without a great battle and by the… — Johan Oscar Smith Copy Share Image
