Arthur W. Pink Quotes
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.
Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.
It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.
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.
Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.
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.
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.
Unbelief is infectious! The unbelief of one strengthens the unbelief of another, just as the faith of one strengthens the faith of another.
The gospel is not an announcement that God has relaxed his justice or lowered the standard of His holiness.
The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.
Most Christians expect little from God, ask little, and therefore receive little and are content with little.
An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendents.
Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His people.
Almost all doctrinal error is really truth perverted. Truth wrongly divided. Truth disproportionately held and taught.
A 'god' who's will is resisted, designs frustrated, and purpose checkmated, possesses no title to Deity.
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!
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.
In the person of Christ God beholds a holiness which abides His closest scrutiny, yea, which rejoices and satisfies His heart; and whatever Christ is before God, He is for His people.
Chastisement is designed for our good, to promote our highest interests. Look beyond the rod to the All-wise hand that wields it!
God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse.
If I have never mourned over my waywardness, then I have no solid ground for rejoicing.
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.
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.
A natural faith is sufficient for trusting a human object; but a supernatural faith is required to trust savingly in a Divine object.
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.
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.
we have quoted freely from the Scriptures and have sought to furnish proof-texts for every statement we have advanced.
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
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.
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.