Martyn Quotes

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• Our Gospel is a Gospel of blood; blood is the foundation; without it there is nothing.
• When a man truly sees himself, he knows nobody can say anything about him that is too bad.
• If we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God and that He came into this world and went to the…
• Self, listen for moment, I will speak to you.
• When the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it. It is then that the world is made to listen to her…
• Holiness is not something we are called upon to do in order that we may become something; it is something we are to do because…
• Faith holds on to truth and reason from what it knows to be fact.
• The man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always…
• Whether we like it or not, a breakdown in home-life will eventually lead to a breakdown everywhere. This is, surely, the most menacing and dangerous…
• We must not concentrate overmuch upon our feelings. Do not spend too much time feeling your own pulse taking your own spiritual temperature, do not…
• The ultimate test of my understanding of the scriptural teaching is the amount of time I spend in prayer. As theology is ultimately the knowledge…
• Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes…
• The tragedy is that many of us are living desperate Christian life. Sunday comes and we get some strength, and then we lose some on…
• There is no 'love of God' for you unless you have repented or unless you do repent. Make no mistake about this. Do not rely…
• The Christian must abstain from sin. It is as simple and direct as that. You have no right to say, 'I am weak, I cannot,…
• Love is not just a sentiment. Love is a great controlling passion and it always expresses itself in terms of obedience.
• The man or woman who is born of God, who is regenerate, simply does not and cannot continue-abide-in a life of sin. They may backslide…
• Do not expect, my friend, that the whole world will rejoice if you become Christian. You will probably receive enmity and hatred and persecution from…
• The most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching; and as it is the greatest and most urgent need in the Church…
• Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire.

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