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Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3 QUOTES

Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3 QUOTES

1 " when saints sin, they know they are not sinning against law but against love. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3

2 " What is Christianity? Christianity is that which brings a man or woman to a knowledge of God. Take our Lord’s own definition of eternal life: “This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” That is Christianity—knowing God, not just believing a few things about God and living a nice little life. That is not Christianity. That is often nothing but morality or mere religion. The essence of this is entering into this realm into which you begin to know and have communion with the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3

3 " Which comes first with you, righteousness and holiness or experiences? There is no more urgently vital test that we can apply to ourselves than that. The proof of the life of God in the soul is that we say, “Though he slay me, yet will I love him.” I do not care what happens to me. If all goes wrong with me, it does not matter. I still desire him above everything else. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3

4 " We are all fighting the same enemy. If you read through the Bible, you will find that. Read through the subsequent history of the Christian church, and you will find that God’s people in times of persecution have always been driven together and cemented together in a much closer manner than they had ever been at any other time. They are fighting the same common foe, so they draw together. And as Christians become fewer in number year by year in this country, it should have this effect upon us: we are aware of one another, and we draw closer together; our love for one another is increased because of our circumstances. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3

5 " So there is nothing more vital for us to realize than this very thing: the Christian life, the Christian faith, is not something that we add on to what we have; it is something that is done to us. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3

6 " There are people who have an almost perfect knowledge of the letter of the Scripture but have never known the message of the Scripture. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3

7 " I feel that is what our Lord is saying to us. Here are some of the heavenly things. They are revealed in the Scriptures. First, there is the teaching concerning the blessed Holy Trinity, God in three persons and yet only one God—Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Think of the glory of God if you can. This is what we are concerned about. This is what Christianity is. Christianity is not just about being nice and good and moral and a little bit better than obvious sinners. It is not expressing your opinions on the current political problems of the day. Those are earthly things. The content of this, the real basis of this, the real essence of this is the heavenly things. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3

8 " May God have mercy upon us! So many of us are children and are only interested in the presents and the gifts and the entertainments. That is not proof that we are truly born again. The Devil can counterfeit experiences and gifts and most other things, but there is one thing the Devil cannot do, and that is give us a desire for a personal knowledge of God. The Devil can give you an interest in theology and encourage it; as you go on, you become more and more proud of your vast knowledge. That is not what I am talking about. I am talking about the crying out of a child’s need for his or her Father, the true filial cry and desire. The Devil cannot counterfeit that; he knows nothing about it, and he cannot produce it. Only one person can produce it; that is God himself through the Spirit as he implants within us a seed of this living life. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Experiencing the New Birth: Studies in John 3