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@RealTomMcCall Rom 16:17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions...

God’s honesty is never contingent on ours! The truthfulness and faithfulness of God are absolute and unchanging and necessary.: If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself’ (2 Tim 2:13). Grace is first —prevenient, powerful, exposing our dishonesty.

The men who abuse the doctrine of the distinction between sins and infirmities, abuse as much the doctrine of God’s mercy, - John Fletcher

"The worst sort of clever men are those who know better than the Bible." — Charles Spurgeon

"Self must stand out of the way, that there may be room for God to be exalted." — Charles Spurgeon

Holiness is the chief beauty of the way of salvation: holiness is the beauty of the Bible

The Scripture teaches us that all our duty is summed up in love

Oh, love one another: 'he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.'

Christ was not only God, but he was God and man in one person.

Behold a fountain opened in your Saviour's side, for sin and for all uncleanness.

...found the utmost freedom in leaving all my concerns with God.

O what a blessedness it is, to be as much like God, as it is possible for a creature to be like his great Creator!

There is nothing in the world worth living for, but doing good and finishing God's work, doing the work that Christ did.

@jonearls @pastorfry Wesley's A prayer for those seeking. Come Holy Ghost for thee I call, Spirit of burning, come! Refining fire, go through my heart, illuminate my soul; scatter thy life through every part, and sanctify the whole... No longer then my heart shall mourn while purified by grace. #351

@jonearls @pastorfry Wesley " strongly and explicitly exhort all believers to go on to perfection"... V8 pg 328 "Look for it when every day, every hour every moment why not this hour, this moment? Certainly you may look for it now IF you believe it is by faith

@jonearls @pastorfry And by this token you may surely know whether you seek it by faith or by works... If you seek it by faith you may expect it as you are, and if as you are, then expect it now. V 6. 52-54

@jonearls Two sermons everyone should read marks of the New Birth, and the great privilege of those born of God. Passage I wish would be read 1 John 3

@rayortlund @jonearls John Wesley We agree that true Christianity implies a destruction of the kingdom of sin and a renewal of the soul in righteousness... But HERE WE DIVIDE I believe even babes in Christ while they keep themselves do not commit sin.

@jonearls John Wesley-what have I to do with predestination absolutely nothing therefore set that aside. Yea and sinless perfection too. (Q)"How so do you not believe it" (Wesley) YES I DO and in what sense I have shown in the sermon on Christian perfection. V 12 pg 70

3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Teaching that says one can deliberately sin and not immediately repent and remain a christian is a lie

Sin separates from God.(Is 58:2) Those who are born of God do not sin 1 jn 3:6,9 etc