Martyn Lloyd-Jones Quotes

A sinner does not decide for Christ; a sinner flies to Christ in utter helplessness and despair.
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As long as a man think that he can save himself he remains lost.
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Evangelism must start with the holiness of God, the sinfulness of man, the demands of the Law and the eternal consequences of evil.
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God has chosen to call out His people by means of evangelism and the preaching of the Word. he ordains the means as well as the end.
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I never find Jesus Christ changing His Gospel in order to make it suit the people. I find Him changing the people in order to make them fit into His Gospel.
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I preached as never sure to preach again and as a dying man to dying men.
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I say, therefore, with reverence and on the authority of the Word of God that God sees your sins no more; He sees the righteousness of Christ upon you. Lay hold of that.
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If my preaching of this cross is not an offense to the natural man, I am misrepresenting it.
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It is an essential part of the gospel that conviction must always precede conversion; the gospel of Christ condemns before it releases.
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Man's real trouble is that he is a rebel against God and consequently under the wrath of God.
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No man can believe the gospel in and of himself; the power of the Spirit alone can lead anyone to belief; without it we are spiritually dead and lost and ruined and under the wrath of God.
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Our very believing is the result of the power of God.
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Salvation is not a reformation of behavior but a transformation of character.
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Spiritual Depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel.
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The business of the Gospel is to bring people to God, and to reconcile them to God. Not to fill churches! Not to have good statistics! But to reconcile men to God, to save them from the wrath to come.
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The Christian is not a good man. He is a vile wretch who has been saved by the grace of God.
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The false prophet is the man who has no 'strait gate' or 'narrow way' in his gospel. He has nothing which is offensive to the natural man; he pleases all.
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The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it.
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The gospel edifies and evangelizes at the same time.
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The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.
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The Son of God became man that the children of men might become children of God.
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The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.
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There is no 'way', no 'truth' in the world, apart from Christ.
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To preach grace and truth to people who have never known condemnation is absolutely fatal.
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We must never look at any sin in our past life in any way except that which leads us to praise God and to magnify His grace in Christ Jesus.
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We must stand firm in the truth, in the message, for without it we have no power. We may be very nice and kind to one another, but that will not convince the world of sin, and bring them to Jesus. The truth alone can do that.
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We preach not to fill our churches, but to save sinners from hell, and the two are not the same.
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We should so know God that our one longing and desire should be that the whole world should come to know Him too.
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When a man says, 'Because I have sinned I have lost (salvation)', what he is really saying on the other side is, 'I had it because I was good.' He is wrong in both respects.
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Why is it that some have believed? It is because the Spirit has sanctified them, has set them apart, has called them out. It is the work of the Spirit in conviction, and calling out, and giving power to believe.
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