The author squares man's depravity with still being made in the image of God with this word picture. A vase that has held beautiful roses though now broken, will nevertheless hold something of the fragrance it once contained.

We may say simply that in the sight of God we are judged not so much by what we do as by our reasons for doing it.

This is the tragedy and woe of the hour--that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst--the Holy Spirit of God. Then, in order to make up for His absence, we have to do something to keep up our own spirits.

If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.

Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work.

A pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself.

No man gives anything acceptable to God until has has first given himself in love and sacrifice.