Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.
Charles SimeonLearn, brethren, before it be too late, that โwithout Christ you can do nothing:โ that โall your fresh springs are in him:โ and โof him must your fruit be founds:โ โin him alone shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.โ
Charles SimeonIf you have indeed been so highly distinguished, should you not โlive no longer to yourselves, but altogether unto Him who died for you and rose again?โ Should any thing short of absolute perfection satisfy you? Should you not labour to โstand perfect and complete in all the will of God?โ
Charles Simeon