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When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly. -- Arthur W. Pink
Though poor in this world's goods, though grieving the loss of loved ones, though suffering pain of body, though harassed by sin and Satan, though hated and persecuted by worldlings, whatever be the case and lot of the Christian, it is both his privilege and duty to rejoice in the Lord. -- Arthur W. Pink
God is "light" (1 John 1:5), as well as love; and because He is such, sin cannot be ignored, its heinousness minimized, nor its guilt cancelled. -- Arthur W. Pink
To repudiate the election of God is to repudiate the God of election. -- Arthur W. Pink
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! -- Arthur W. Pink
Sinful self and all its wretched failures should be sufficiently noticed so as to keep us in the dust before God. Christ and His great salvation should be contemplated so as to lift us above self and fill the soul with thanksgiving. -- Arthur W. Pink
How often is such the case with us: some sore trial presses, and we cry unto God for relief, but before His answer comes, matters appear to get worse. Ah, that is in order that His hand may be the more evident. -- Arthur W. Pink
But now the question arises, Why has God demanded of man that which he is incapable of performing? The first answer is, Because God refuses to lower His standard to the level of our sinful infirmities. -- Arthur W. Pink
He does. All that He has decreed He performs. "But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased" (Psa. 115:3); and why has He? Because "there is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD" (Pro 21:30). -- Arthur W. Pink
He only is independently, infinitely, immutably holy. In Scripture He is frequently styled "The Holy One": He is so because the sum of all moral excellency is found in Him. He is absolute Purity, unsullied even by the shadow of sin. "God -- Arthur W. Pink
Just as the sinner's despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace. -- Arthur W. Pink
Ours is peculiarly an age of irreverence, and as the consequence, the spirit of lawlessness, which brooks no restraint and which is desirous of casting off everything which interferes with the free course of self-will, is rapidly engulfing the earth like some giant tidal -- Arthur W. Pink
Faith endures as seeing Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27); endures the disappointments, the hardships, and the heart-aches of life, by recognizing that all comes from the hand of Him who is too wise to err and too loving to be unkind. -- Arthur W. Pink
So it is today: at the present rates of increase, it will not be long before it is manifested that the Lord has more in despised China who are really His, than He has in the highly favored U.S.A.; more among the uncivilized blacks of Africa, than He has in cultured Germany! And -- Arthur W. Pink
Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord. -- Arthur W. Pink
God is only truly known in the soul as we yield ourselves to Him, submit to His authority, and regulate all the details of our lives by His holy precepts and commandments. -- Arthur W. Pink
Daily living by faith on Christ is what makes the difference between the sickly and the healthy Christian, between the defeated and the victorious saint. -- Arthur W. Pink
The great mistake made by most of the Lord's people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone. -- Arthur W. Pink
All outward actions are worthless while our hearts be not right with God. -- Arthur W. Pink
One who was no less than the Fellow of Jehovah, the Radiance of His glory, the exact Impress of His Person. Thus we see that boundless love, inflexible justice and omnipotent power all combined to make possible the salvation of those who believe. -- Arthur W. Pink
Our first postulate is that because God is God, He does as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases; that His great concern is the accomplishment of His own pleasure and the promotion of His own glory that He is the Supreme Being, and therefore Sovereign of the universe. -- Arthur W. Pink
Chastisement is designed for our good, to promote our highest interests. Look beyond the rod to the All-wise hand that wields it! -- Arthur W. Pink
Faithful people have always been in a marked minority. -- Arthur W. Pink
We remember, also, how that it is becoming increasingly difficult in these strenuous days for those who are desirous of studying the deeper things of God to find the time which such study requires. -- Arthur W. Pink
A natural faith is sufficient for trusting a human object; but a supernatural faith is required to savingly trust in a Divine object. -- Arthur W. Pink
The severest self-denials and the most lavish gifts are of no value in God's esteem unless they are prompted by love. -- Arthur W. Pink
God did not elect any sinner because He foresaw that he would believe, for the simple but sufficient reason that no sinner ever does believe until God gives him faith; just as no man sees until God gives him sight. Sight is God's gift, seeing is the consequence of my using His gift. So -- Arthur W. Pink
The truth of God may well be likened to a narrow path skirted on either side by a dangerous and destructive precipice: in other words, it lies between two gulfs of error. -- Arthur W. Pink
The most extensive ideas that a finite mind can frame about divine love, are infinitely below its true nature. -- Arthur W. Pink
The first time [Christ] came to slay sin in men. The second time He will come to slay men in sin. -- Arthur W. Pink
Most Christians expect little from God, ask little, and therefore receive little and are content with little. -- Arthur W. Pink
Power is God's hand or arm, omniscience His eye, mercy His bowels, eternity His duration, but holiness is His beauty (S. Charnock). It is this, supremely, which renders Him lovely to those who are delivered from sin's dominion. -- Arthur W. Pink
But why should we not place implicit confidence in God and rely upon His word of promise? Is anything too hard for the Lord? Has His word of promise ever failed? Then let us not entertain any unbelieving suspicions of His future care of us. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but not so His promises. -- Arthur W. Pink
God is solitary in His excellency. "Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?" (Exo 15:11). -- Arthur W. Pink
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being His counselor hath taught him? With whom took He counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?" (Isa 40:13-14). God -- Arthur W. Pink
A 'god' who's will is resisted, designs frustrated, and purpose checkmated, possesses no title to Deity. -- Arthur W. Pink
There is only one safeguard against error, and that is to be established in the faith; and for that, there has to be prayerful and diligent study, and a receiving with meekness the engrafted Word of God. Only then are we fortified against the attacks of those who assail us. -- Arthur W. Pink
To openly defy Him who is clothed with omnipotence, who can rend us in pieces or cast us into Hell any moment He pleases, is the very height of insanity. To -- Arthur W. Pink
We have quoted freely from the Scriptures and have sought to furnish proof-texts for every statement we have advanced. -- Arthur W. Pink
He foresaw my every fall, my every sin, my every backsliding; yet, nevertheless, fixed His heart upon me. -- Arthur W. Pink
Love is the queen of all the Christain graces. -- Arthur W. Pink
The Law is used un-lawfully, not when presented as the rule of the believer's life, but when it is opposed to Christ! -- Arthur W. Pink
We must not forget that the issues of Eternity are settled in Time. -- Arthur W. Pink
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. -- Arthur W. Pink
God was alone when He made His decrees, and His determinations were influenced by no external cause. He was free to decree or not to decree, and to decree one thing and not another. This liberty we must ascribe to Him who is Supreme, Independent, and Sovereign in all His doings. -- Arthur W. Pink
Real prayer is communion with God, so that there will be common thoughts between His mind and ours. What is needed is for Him to fill our hearts with His thoughts, and then His desires will become our desires flowing back to Him. -- Arthur W. Pink
In how many ways have we been unfaithful to Christ, and to the light and privileges which God has entrusted to us! How refreshing, then, how unspeakably blessed, to lift our eyes above this scene of ruin, and behold One who is faithful - faithful in all things, faithful at all times. -- Arthur W. Pink
An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none. -- Arthur W. Pink
Unbelief is infectious! The unbelief of one strengthens the unbelief of another, just as the faith of one strengthens the faith of another. -- Arthur W. Pink
And immediately his leprosy was cleansed" (Mat 8:3). To one who had lain in the grave four days He cried, "Lazarus, come forth," and the dead came forth. The stormy wind and the angry waves were hushed at a single word from Him. A legion of demons could not resist His authoritative command. -- Arthur W. Pink
Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace. -- Arthur W. Pink
Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that certain events shall come to pass through the means He has appointed for their accomplishment. -- Arthur W. Pink
Prayer is not designed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to him of our sense of need. -- Arthur W. Pink
A consciousness of our powerlessness should cast us upon Him who has all power. Here then is where a vision and view of God's sovereignty helps, for it reveals His sufficiency and shows us our insufficiency. -- Arthur W. Pink
What right has the husband to require submission from his wife? None, unless God had appointed it. -- Arthur W. Pink
Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies. -- Arthur W. Pink
This is the prime way of honoring God. We do not so glorify God by elevated admirations, or eloquent expressions, or pompous services for Him as when we aspire to a conversing with Him with unstained spirits, and live to Him in living like Him (S. Charnock). -- Arthur W. Pink
A spiritual and saving knowledge of God is the greatest need of every human creature. -- Arthur W. Pink
In praying for His enemies not only did Christ set before us a perfect example of how we should treat those who wrong us an hate us, but He also taught us never to regard any as beyond the reach of prayer. -- Arthur W. Pink
If I have never mourned over my waywardness, then I have no solid ground for rejoicing. -- Arthur W. Pink
Taking up my cross means a life voluntarily surrendered to God. -- Arthur W. Pink
Sin is more than an act or a series of acts; it is a man's make-up. -- Arthur W. Pink
Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His people. -- Arthur W. Pink
Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself. -- Arthur W. Pink
God's supremacy is also demonstrated in His perfect rule over the wills of men. Let the reader ponder carefully Exodus 34:24. Three -- Arthur W. Pink
The unregenerate do not really believe in the holiness of God. Their conception of His character is altogether one-sided. They fondly hope that His mercy will override everything else. Thou -- Arthur W. Pink
The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker. -- Arthur W. Pink
It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors -- Arthur W. Pink
Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us. -- Arthur W. Pink
Our Lord has many weak children in His family, many dull pupils in His school, many raw soldiers in His army, many lame sheep in His flock. Yet He bears with them all, and casts none away. -- Arthur W. Pink
Contentment ... is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. -- Arthur W. Pink
For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting of the heart. -- Arthur W. Pink
Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty -- Arthur W. Pink
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him (2Ch 16:9). -- Arthur W. Pink
No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people. -- Arthur W. Pink
Almost all doctrinal error is really truth perverted. Truth wrongly divided. Truth disproportionately held and taught. -- Arthur W. Pink
Man in his usual perversity turns the footstool into a throne from whence he would feign direct the Almighty as to what He ought to do, giving the onlooker the impression that if God had half the compassion that those who pray (?) have, all would quickly be right -- Arthur W. Pink
There is a greater difference between the genuine Christian and the deceived professing Christian than there is between a living man and a corpse. None need remain in doubt if they will honestly measure themselves by the Holy Word of God. -- Arthur W. Pink
We read the Scriptures in vain if we fail to discover that the actions of men, evil men as well as good, are governed by the Lord God. -- Arthur W. Pink
It is impossible to bring the Almighty under obligations to the creature; God gains nothing from us. If -- Arthur W. Pink
To countless thousands, even among those professing to be Christians, the God of the Scriptures is quite unknown. -- Arthur W. Pink
The demands of justice must be met; the requirements of God's holiness must be satisfied; the awful debt we incurred must be paid. And on the Cross this was done; done by none less than the Son of God; done perfectly; done once for all. It is finished. -- Arthur W. Pink
There must be head faith before there can be heart faith. We must believe intellectually before we can believe savingly in the Lord Jesus. -- Arthur W. Pink
The gospel is not an announcement that God has relaxed his justice or lowered the standard of His holiness. -- Arthur W. Pink
An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendents. -- Arthur W. Pink
Where sin had brought men, love brought the Saviour. -- Arthur W. Pink
If man is a totally depraved being, can he possibly take the first step in the matter of his return to God? -- Arthur W. Pink
The craving today is for something light and spicy, and few have patience, still less desire, to examine carefully that which would make a demand both upon their hearts and -- Arthur W. Pink
When we complain about the weather, we are, in reality, murmuring against God. -- Arthur W. Pink
The principal prayer and aim of Christians should be that we "walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God" (Col 1:10). -- Arthur W. Pink
To argue that God is "trying His best" to save all mankind, but that the majority of men will not let Him save them, is to insist that the will of the Creator is impotent, and that the will of the creature is omnipotent. -- Arthur W. Pink
How blessed to know that when the world hates us, God loves us! -- Arthur W. Pink
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word" (Acts 6:4). -- Arthur W. Pink
Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God. -- Arthur W. Pink
Thousands acknowledge they are sinners, who have never mourned over the fact. -- Arthur W. Pink
If Scripture teaches the imputation of sin, we should not stumble when we find it affirming the imputation of righteousness. -- Arthur W. Pink
An intelligent enemy always keeps in the background and remains hidden out of sight. -- Arthur W. Pink
There cannot possibly be any solidly grounded hope of a genuine revival of godliness among believers and of morality among unbelievers until the Ten Commandments are again given their proper place in our affections, thoughts, and lives. -- Arthur W. Pink
The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus. -- Arthur W. Pink
God was under no constraint, no obligation, no necessity to create. That He chose to do so was purely a sovereign act on His part, caused by nothing outside Himself, determined by nothing but His own mere good pleasure. -- Arthur W. Pink
No doctrine of Redemption that in any way casts the slightest shadow over the high mountain of Divine Sovereignty can be tolerated for a moment. -- Arthur W. Pink
Real prayer is communion with God -- Arthur W. Pink
We readily acknowledge that it is very humbling to the proud heart of the creature to behold all mankind in the hand of God as the clay in the potter's hand, yet this is precisely how the Scriptures of truth represent the case. -- Arthur W. Pink
Those who speak of man's "free will," and insist upon his inherent power to either accept or reject the Saviour, do but voice their ignorance of the real condition of Adam's fallen children. -- Arthur W. Pink
God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse. -- Arthur W. Pink
WHO SHALL not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy" (Rev 15:4). He -- Arthur W. Pink
IN ONE OF HIS letters to Erasmus, Luther said, "YOUR thoughts of God are too human." Probably -- Arthur W. Pink
After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness. -- Arthur W. Pink
An honest heart loves the Truth. -- Arthur W. Pink
If the will is their servant then it is not sovereign, and if the will is not sovereign, we certainly cannot predicate 'freedom' of it. -- Arthur W. Pink
The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them. -- Arthur W. Pink
True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought. -- Arthur W. Pink
Christ is the Divine answer to the Devil's overthrow of our first parents. -- Arthur W. Pink
