Author Archives: thekayeltongroup2

“We are delivered” not by our own skill or cunning, but by the grace and power of God only so that every device is made vain and freedom is preserved.”  (Martin Geier; 1890)

“Those who come to him he needs them not to receive from them but to give unto them; he needs not their fullness but their emptiness, that his fullness may overflow to the supply thereof.”  George Hutcheson  (1615-1674)

“God takes great pains to inform his people in all ages that all their hope is in his sovereign favor and rich grace, and that it is not the merit or the misery of mortals that moves him to show … Continue reading →

“No created mind was competent even in idea to fathom the guilt of sin or measure its consequences—not to mention our utter inability to expiate the one or reverse the other.”  (George Smeaton; 1814-1889)

Love flowing from the heart of Jesus into the heart of a poor believing sinner expelling selfishness, melting coldness, conquering sinfulness, and drawing that heart up in a simple and unreserved surrender is of all principles of action the most … Continue reading →

“Evangelical humiliation is the immediate consequence of a true sense of sin, and of a spiritual apprehension of pardoning mercy.  It consists in lowliness, or self-abasement of mind before God, and esteeming others better than ourselves; in having low thoughts … Continue reading →

“The natural man will always despise the excellence to which he cannot attain.”  (Author unknown)

“The more I understand of the character of God, as revealed in Scripture, the more shall I see that he must be sovereign, and the more shall I rejoice from my inmost heart that He is so.   It was God’s … Continue reading →

“Shame, guilt and woe would be my portion if I should leave any effort untried to unfold His glorious image.  Let me rather use every power of life and pen to magnify and exalt Him:–to beseech men to ponder Him—to … Continue reading →

“It must likewise be understood that so long as the believer is in this world, his childhood lasts and therefore lasts his education.”  (John Lillie; 1812-1867)