To the one who delights in the sovereignty of God the clouds not only have a 'silver lining' but they are silver all through, the darkness only serving to offset the light!

God has often given His people favor in the sight of heathen masters (as Joseph and Daniel), and has magnified the sufficiency of His grace by preserving their souls in the midst of the most unpromising environments. His saints are found in very unlikely places.

How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.” This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.

Sin is more than an act or a series of acts; it is a man's make-up.

An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendents.