The Kayelton Group

“Either our characters must become holy, or the whole style and nature of God’s kingdom must be changed.  We must be raised to a state of meetness for heaven, or heaven must be lowered and accommodated to our carnal tastes.  The latter is impossible; God’s kingdom must be holy, and if we would enter into the kingdom, we must be holy too.”  (James Buchanan  1804-1870)

“Love causes believers to take all things that God sends them favorably and in good part.”  (John Albert Bengel  1687-1752)

“Thou has his free promise who never failed, who has promised more than possibly what thou could ask or think, who has done more for thee than ever he promised, who is good and bountiful to the wicked and ungodly. Thou does his work who is able and assuredly will bear thee out.”  (John Ball 1585-1640)

“True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed. The divine excellence of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage, as when under the greatest trials.”  (Jonathan Edwards; 1703-1758)

“In the Divine government of the world, all things contribute to the welfare of those who love God:  even the troubles therefore of this life, so far from hindering our salvation, help it forward.”  (Edwin Hamilton Gifford  1820-1905)

“Because the hope of the godly is grounded upon God’s promises, therefore it shall not be disappointed, but God’s mercy shall be on them, according as they hope in him.”  (David Dickson  1583-1662)

“The sacrificial death of God’s Christ was necessary.  There was no other manner by which to reconcile the elect unto God.”  (Anonymous)

“Those who have once known the unspeakable enjoyment of communion with a reconciled God, cannot long endure the sensible withdrawment of divine mercy.”  (Morrison, 1762-1809)

“There is present to each of us a wicked demon, lying in wait for us, a seducer and hater of good, and the same that from the beginning plotted against the salvation of man.”  (Eusebius, 263-339)

“The knowledge of God is the root of knowledge.”   (William Arnot  1808-1875)