“Many people think that we can enjoy the benefits of Christ’s salvation without accepting the challenge of his absolute authority. There is no support for such an unbalanced idea in the New Testament. ‘Jesus is Lord’ is the earliest known summary of what Christians believe. At a time when the Roman Empire was pressing its citizens to say ‘Caesar is Lord’, these were dangerous words. But Christians did not flinch. They simply could not give Caesar their first allegiance. Why? Because they had already given it to the Emperor Jesus. God had placed his Son Jesus far above every other authority and given the highest possible status to him, so that ‘every knee should bow’ before him ‘and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord’ “–John Stott, Basic Christianity, 113.

“God wants in us a child’s heart, but a grown-up’s head. He wants us to be simple, single-minded, affectionate, and teachable, as good children are; but He also wants every bit of intelligence we have to be alert at its job, and in first-class fighting trim”–C.S.Lewis.

“There is no bottom to the pit of darkness outside the Kingdom where there is ‘weeping and gnashing of teeth.’  Those in Christ should be rejoicing every day for what we have been delivered from; even while we weep for those in darkness”–Mark Graham.

“God had one Son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering”–Augustine.

“I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain”–Charles H. Spurgeon.

“It’s almost impossible to keep people away from a place where they are loved”–Waylon Bailey.

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