John Flavel Christ Quotations

That soul is dead to which the Spirit of Christ is not given in the work of regeneration; and all its works are dead works.

Creatures, like pictures, are fairest at a certain distance, but it is not so with Christ; the nearer the soul approaches Him, and the longer it lives in the enjoyhment of Him, still the sweeter and more desirable He becomes.

Christ comes with kingly power, to rescue sinners, as a prey from the mouth of the terrible one.

Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.

A saving, though an immethodical knowledge of Christ, will bring us to heaven, John 17: 2, but a regular and methodical, as well as a saving knowledge of him, will bring heaven into us, Col. 2: 2, 3.

Let all Arminians know: we have as high an esteem for faith as any men in the world, but yet we will not rob Christ to clothe faith.

The Spirit must therefore first take hold of us before we can live in Christ, and when he doth so, then we are enabled to exert that vital act of faith, whereby we receive Christ.

Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us.

The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.

Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us.

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.