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Christ is our Jonah!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"Then they picked up Jonah and threw him
into the sea--and the sea stopped its raging!"
  Jonah 1:15

Christ is our Jonah, who threw Himself
into the sea of His Father's wrath--to save
us from everlasting perdition!

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Fiery trials--make golden Christians!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory!" 2 Corinthians 4:17

Oh Christians! under your greatest troubles--lie your greatest treasures!

"It is good for me to be afflicted--that I might learn Your statutes!" Psalm 119:71

By the greatest affliction--God teaches us the greatest instruction. When a believer lies under God's hand which afflicts him--he lies in God's heart which loves him!

Afflictions are good--but not pleasant.

Sin is pleasant--but not good.

There is more evil in a drop of sin--than there is in a sea of afflictions!

God by affliction, separates the sin He hates so deadly--from the soul He loves so dearly!

The believer studies more how to adorn the cross--than how to avoid the cross! Tell me, oh believer, is not Christ with His cross--better than the world with its crown?

"God disciplines us for our good--that we may share in His holiness." Hebrews 12:10

Suppose, Christian, that the furnace is hot, seven times hotter--it is but to make you seven times more holy! Fiery trials--make golden Christians! Sin has brought many a believer unto suffering--and suffering has kept many a believer from sinning! It is better to be preserved in brine--than to rot in honey!
"I know, O Lord, that Your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness You have afflicted me!" Psalm 119:75

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The sheep's coat shall be stripped off the wolf's back!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"Let me die the death of the righteous--and may my end be like theirs!" Numbers 23:10

There is no living a life that is wicked--and then dying a death that is righteous.

Oh, that men would but deal truly with their own souls!

Many talk like a Christian--but few walk like a Christian!

Many know what is to be done--but never do what is to be done.

Many wear Christ's livery--but do the devil's drudgery!

Many have hands as white as snow--whose hearts are as black as hell!

Many appear righteous--who are only righteous in their appearance. But such as deceive others with a false show of holiness--only deceive themselves with a false hope of happiness!

Remember, sirs, that the sheep's coat shall be stripped off the wolf's back! "They come to you in sheep's clothing--but inwardly they are ferocious wolves!" Matthew 7:15

Oh, sirs, that you would consider well these weighty things! Tell me, sir--what did Judas get by all his deceitful dealings? Nothing but a halter--in which his body was hanged; and a fire--in which his soul was burned!

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The golden key that lets us into paradise!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

See what great love Christ bore to His people!

"He was pierced for our transgressions, He was
 crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that
 brought us peace was upon Him, and by His
 wounds we are healed!" Isaiah 53:5

Christ's cross is the golden key that lets
us into paradise!

His red blood--washed away our crimson sins!

Oh precious blood!
  it redeems us,
  it cleanses us,
  it justifies us,
  it sanctifies us,
  it restores us to God,
  it brings us to heaven!

Oh how lovely, how lovely was Christ in His sufferings!

Our blessed Savior died--that we might live!

He endured the greatest pains--that
we might enjoy the greatest pleasures!

Rather than His people be damned to eternal hell,
He came from heaven to suffer all this for them!

Methinks such a Pearl should sparkle in our eyes.

We do not sail to glory in the salt seas of our tears
--but in the red sea of Christ's blood!

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The most lovely Christian!
(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"Learn from Me--for I am gentle and humble in heart." Matthew 11:29

Learn humility--from Christ's humility.

For lack of humility--some angels became devils! Proud sinners are fit companions, for none but proud devils!

When men glory in their pride--God stains the pride of their glory! "The Lord Almighty planned it--to stain the pride of all glory, and to humble all who are renowned on the earth." Isaiah 23:9

The most lowly Christian--is the most lovely Christian!

A believer is like a vessel in the sea: the more it fills--the more it sinks!

None live so humble on earth--as those who live highest in heaven. See how one of the best of saints looks upon himself--as one of the least of saints, "Unto me who am less than the least of all saints," said the great Paul in Ephesians 3:8.

The most holy men--are always the most lowly men. Where humility is the corner-stone, there piety is the top-stone. The coat of humility--should always be worn on the back of Christianity. "Clothe yourselves with humility." 1 Peter 5:5

God Almighty has two houses in which He dwells: His city-house, and His country-house. His city-house is the heaven of heavens; and His country-house is the humble and lowly heart! Isaiah 57:15, "I dwell in the high and holy place," that is, in heaven, God's city-house; "and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit," that is God's country-house.

Humility is a 'Bethel' for God's dwelling-place!

Pride is a 'Babel' for the devil's residence!

If you do not keep pride out of your soul, and your soul out of pride--pride will keep your soul out of heaven!

I will not say, that a poor man is never proud--but I will say, that a proud man is never godly. James 4:16, "God resists the proud--but gives grace to the humble." The face of piety--shines brightest through the mask of humility.

"Clothe yourselves with humility." Of all garments, humility best fits Christians, and best adorns their profession. A Christian should look with one eye upon God's grace--to keep him thankful; and with the other eye upon himself--to keep him mournful. When you begin to grow proud of your glistening feathers--look down upon your black feet!

Revelation 4:10, "The twenty-four elders fall down before the throne, and cast down their crowns before Him who sits on the throne." The only way of keeping our crowns on our heads--is the casting them down at Christ's feet!

Alas! sirs--what are you proud of?
Are you proud . . .
  of your riches,
  of your honors,
  of your relations,
  of your beauty,
  of your strength?
Alas! alas! these are poor base things to boast in!

Oh, go to the graves of those who have died before you. Are not their bones scattered, their eyes rotted, their flesh consumed, their mouth corrupted! Where now are their ruddy lips, their lovely cheeks, their fluent tongue, their sparkling eyes, their flowing hair? Are they not all gone, as a dream!

And where will you be before long?

And will you be proud of these things?

"I hate pride and arrogance!" Proverbs 8:13

"He is able to humble those who walk in pride!" Daniel 4:37

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Crucify your sins!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires!" Galatians 5:24

Crucify your sins--which have crucified your Savior!

Did the rocks rent, when Christ died for our sins--and shall not our hearts rent, who have lived in our sins!

Oh, that the nails which pierced His hands--should now pierce our hearts!

Oh, that they should wound themselves with their sorrows--who have wounded Christ with their sins! Oh, that they who have grieved His heart--should be grieved in their hearts! Oh, that I should be such a bad a child to Him--who has been such a good a Father to me! My sins have been my greatest terror--and my Savior has been my choicest helper!

Oh! put sin to death--for sin was the cause of Christ's death! If someone killed your father--would you hug him and embrace him as your friend, and let him eat at your table? Would you not rather hate and detest the very sight of him!

If a snake should sting your dearly beloved spouse to death--would you preserve it alive, warm it at the fire, and hug it in your bosom? Would you not rather stab it with a thousand wounds!

And were not our sins the cause and instrument of Christ's death? Were not they the whips that scourged Him; the nails, the cords, the spear, the thorns that wounded Him, and fetched the heart-blood from Him! And can we love our sins--which killed our Savior? Can a wife truly love her husband--and still embrace an adulterer?

We complain of the sins of Judas, and seem to hate them, and shudder at their mention! And can we love our Judas sins--which put Christ to death? And yet how many are there--who had rather have sinful-self satisfied, than to have sinful-self crucified.

Oh, sin is that mark at which all the arrows of Divine vengeance are shot!

Were it not for sin--death would never have had a beginning! And were it not for death--sin would never have an ending!

Man began to be sorrowful--when he began to be sinful. The wind of our lusts--blows out the candle of our lives. If man had nothing to do with sin--death would have nothing to do with man.

Oh, did sin bring sorrow into the world? Oh, then--let sorrow carry sin out of the world.

Of all evils--sin is the great evil! "The wages of sin is death!" Romans 6:23. Oh, sin is worse than punishment, banishment and imprisonment! Sin kills both body and soul--it throws the body into cold earth rotting, and the soul into the hot hell burning!

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Meditate upon DEATH!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

Meditate often on these four last things:
   Death, which is most certain.
   Judgment, which is most strict.
   Hell, which is most doleful.
   Heaven, which is most delightful.

Meditate upon DEATH, which is most certain.
"It is appointed unto men once to die." Hebrews 9:27

Out of the dust was man formed;
into the dust shall man be turned.

To think of death--is a death to some men!

Oh, sirs! Meditate upon death.

Meditation on death--will put sin to death!

Death to the wicked--is the end of all comfort, and the beginning of all misery!
Death to the godly--is the outlet to sin and sorrow, and the inlet to peace and happiness!

The saints' enjoyment shall be incomparable,
when the sinners' torments shall be intolerable!

When a believer's soul goes out of his own bosom--it goes into Abraham's bosom! When a saint dies--he leaves all his bad behind him, and carries his good with him! When a sinner dies--he carries his bad with him, and leaves his good behind him!

The godly man goes from evil--to all good.
The wicked man goes from good--to all evil.

When a saint leaves the world--his soul returns to happiness and rest!
When a sinner leaves this world--his body goes to worms to be consumed, and his soul goes to flames to be tormented!

The saint goes to Abraham's bosom;
the sinner goes to Beelzebub's bosom!

The wheat goes to the barn;
the chaff goes to the fire!

Oh, sirs! meditate upon death!

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Meditate upon JUDGMENT!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

Meditate often on these four last things:
   Death, which is most certain.
   Judgment, which is most strict.
   Hell, which is most doleful.
   Heaven, which is most delightful.

Meditate upon JUDGMENT, which is most strict.

"We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ!"

Those who will not come before His mercy-seat,
shall be forced to come before His judgment-seat!

Those who will not hear His Word--shall feel His Sword!

Those who are graceless in this day--will be speechless in that day!

At the world's end--such will be at their wits' end, to see:
  the earth flaming,
  the heavens melting,
  the stars falling,
  the graves opening,
  the judgment hastening,
  the sun and moon mourning,
  Christ and His angels coming!

He who comes to raise the dead,
will also come to judge the dead.

Oh! sirs, the great day to great sinners will be a dreadful day--when they shall see Christ coming in the clouds:
  with great power and glory,
  crowned with dignity,
  enraged with anger, and
  attended with His angel reapers!
He will bring all kings and nobles, high and low, rich and poor, to His judgment bar! And there He will judge them, not by the whiteness of their faces--but by the blackness of their hearts! "He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity!" Psalm 98:9

You who make no account of His coming--
how can you give an account at His coming?

Sirs! Meditation on judgment--may make you judgment proof!

Those who now judge themselves in their own private sessions--
shall not be judged by Christ at His great white throne judgment!

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Meditate upon HELL!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

Meditate often on these four last things:
   Death, which is most certain.
   Judgment, which is most strict.
   Hell, which is most doleful.
   Heaven, which is most delightful.

Meditate upon HELL, which is most doleful!

Heaven is a place where all is joyful;
and Hell is a place where all is doleful.

In Heaven--there is nothing but happiness;
but in Hell--there is nothing but heaviness!

"The wicked shall be turned into Hell, and
all the nations that forget God.'' Psalm 9:17
Mark, sirs--the wicked shall be turned into hell.

Oh, dreadful place--where the devil is the jailer!

Hell is the prison,
damnation is the punishment,
eternity is the duration,
brimstone is the fire, and
men and devils are the fuel!

To endure this will be intolerable;
and to avoid it will be impossible!

This is the day of God's long-suffering;
that will be the day of man's long-suffering!
There they will suffer:
  pain without ease,
  torment without end,
  sorrow without support,
  and misery without mercy!

Sirs! Meditate upon Hell!

Oh, what hells are there in Hell!
Hell is:
the loss of God,
the loss of Christ,
the loss of all good!

Endless, ceaseless, and remediless torments must be their eternal portion!

Oh, that you would often think of Hell!

If once you drop into Hell--then after a thousand years:
you will be as far from coming out of Hell,
as you were at your first entrance into Hell!

There is only one way to KEEP a man out of Hell
--but there is no way to GET a man out of Hell!

In this world, the wheat and the chaff both grow
together, but they shall not always both lie together!

In Hell, there shall not be a saint among those who are terrified!
In Heaven, there shall not be a sinner among those who are glorified!

The sea of damnation--shall never be
sweetened with a drop of compassion!

Will you pity a person who is going to the gallows--and
will you not pity a person who is going to the bottomless pit?

What a dreadful visitation is that--where
the black horse of death goes before, and
the red horse of wrath follows after!

Oh, that must needs be sad--when one death comes upon the back of another; when the second death comes upon the back of the first death!

A man's condition in this life may be honorable,
and yet his state in eternity may be damnable!

Poor Lazarus goes to Heaven--
when rich Dives goes to Hell.

It is far better to go to Heaven poorly
--than it is to go to Hell richly!

Oh, sirs! let us go to Hell by contemplation, that
we may never go to Hell by condemnation!

Oh sirs! Meditate upon Hell!

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Oh! what a sweet friend!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"Yes, He is very precious to you who believe!" 1 Peter 2:7

Jesus Christ is more precious to believers, than a thousand worlds!

Oh sirs! to the believing soul . . .

Christ is precious!

He is very precious!

He is most precious!

He is always precious!

He is altogether precious!

"Yes, He is altogether lovely! This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend!" Song of Solomon 5:16

Jesus Christ is indeed our best friend! He is . . .
  a faithful friend.
  a prudent friend.
  a providing friend.
  a compassionate friend.
  a constant friend.
  a loving friend.
  an everlasting friend.

He loves us to the end--and there is no end of His love!

Oh! what a sweet friend is Christ!

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Meditate on HEAVEN!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

Meditate often on these four last things:
   Death, which is most certain.
   Judgment, which is most strict.
   Hell, which is most doleful.
   Heaven, which is most delightful.

Meditate on HEAVEN, which is most joyful.

"Then the King will say to those on His right--Come, you who are blessed by My Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world!" Matthew 25:34

"Well done, good and faithful servant! Enter into the joy of your Lord!" Matthew 25:21

Heaven is a place where all joy is enjoyed!
In Heaven, there will be:
  mirth without sadness,
  light without darkness,
  sweetness without bitterness,
  life without death,
  rest without labor,
  plenty without poverty!
Oh, what joy enters into the believer--when
the believer enters into the joy of his Lord!

Who would not . . .
work for glory with the greatest diligence, and
wait for glory with the greatest patience?

Oh, what glories are there in glory!
   Thrones of glory,
   crowns of glory,
   vessels of glory,
   a weight of glory,
   a kingdom of glory!

Here on earth--Christ puts His grace upon His spouse!
There in Heaven--He puts His glory upon His spouse!

In heaven the crown is made for them, and
in Heaven the crown shall be worn by them!

In this life believers have some good things--but
the rest and best are reserved for the life to come!

Oh, sirs! meditate upon Heaven, for meditation on Heaven will make us heavenly!

Heaven is not only a possession promised by Christ--but a possession purchased by Christ!

When our contemplations and minds are in Heaven--then we enjoy Heaven upon earth!
To be IN Christ is Heaven below;
to be WITH Him is Heaven above!

There cannot be a better thing for us, than for us to be with the best of beings! "To me to live is Christ--and to die is gain!" Philippians 1:21

Let our condition now be ever so great--it is Hell without Christ!
let our condition now be ever so bad--it is Heaven with Christ!

"I had rather be in Hell with Christ--than in Heaven without Him!" said Luther.

Hell itself would be Heaven--if Christ was in it!
Heaven would be Hell--if Christ was out of it!

That which makes Heaven so full of joy--is that it is above all fear!
That which makes Hell so full of horror--is that it is beyond all hope!

The vessels of grace--shall swim in the ocean of glory!

We may talk of the greatness of our crowns--but we shall never know the weight of our crowns--until they are set on our heads!

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Jesus came leaping!

(William Dyer, "Christ's Famous Titles")

"The voice of my Beloved! Look! Here He comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!" Song of Songs 2:8

The Scriptures tell us that Jesus came leaping! He came with such love--that He came leaping! When a man goes leaping--you may know that it was with a great eagerness.

Jesus came leaping--how so? He came leaping . . .
  from the throne to the womb,
  from the womb to the cradle,
  from the cradle to the cross, and
  from thence to the throne again!

This was His great leap! Oh! sirs, oh! sirs, how eagerly did Jesus suffer and die for poor believers!

"Christ loved us--and gave Himself up for us!" Ephesians 5:2

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The whore of Babylon's golden goblet!

(William Dyer, "The Strait Way to Heaven")

"The woman wore purple and scarlet clothing and beautiful jewelry made of gold and precious gems and pearls. She held in her hand a golden goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality." Revelation 17:4

Beware of the whore of Babylon's golden goblet, and her sweet wine! Be like the virgin spouse of Christ--who follows Him wherever He goes.

Beware of false teachers! The devil has his ministers--as well as Christ! "Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves!" Matthew 7:15. Yes, they are ferocious wolves--they never have enough! "They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who turn to their own way, each seeks his own gain!" Isaiah 56:11

Oh! false teachers do not feed the flock--but fleece the flock!

They do not convert--but pervert!

They do not purify--but poison!

They do not edify for salvation--but destroy for damnation!

Instead of curing souls--they kill souls!

Just so long as they pilfer the people's money--they care not, though the devil has their souls!

They are dogs and wolves combining together to massacre the flock of Christ! Oh! therefore keep yourselves from Babylon's merchants, who make merchandise of the souls of men, Revelation 18:13.

Oh! the sins of teachers--are the teachers of sins!

Now, beloved, let . . .
  your hearts be upright,
  your judgments sound,
  and your lives holy!

Love the truth, and
obey the truth, and
hold fast the truth!

Keep yourselves . . .
  from false teachers,
  from false doctrines,
  from false worship,
  from false opinions!

If you will be tasting and sipping of Babylon's golden goblet--you must resolve to receive Babylon's plagues!

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The Christian's interpreter

(William Dyer, "The Strait Way to Heaven")

The Word of God is the Christian's rule--and the Spirit of God is the Christian's guide.

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness," 2 Timothy 3:16

"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes--He will guide you into all truth." John 16:13

Most people walk by false rules:
  1. Some walk by popular opinions.
  2. Some walk by worldly customs.
  3. Some walk by providence.
  4. Some walk by conscience.
  5. Some walk by their own reason.
  6. Some walk by other men's examples.
  7. Some walk by their own lusts.

But, oh! my dear friends, let me beseech you to walk by none of these false rules--but keep close to the Word and Spirit of God.

The Scripture is a rule outside of us--to show as where we must go; the Spirit is a guide inside of us--to enable us to walk according to the direction of that Word.

The Word of God is a compass, by which we must direct our course; the Spirit is the great pilot, who steers us in this course.

We have no eyes to see the Word--until the Spirit enlightens them.
We have no ears to hear the Word--until the Spirit opens them.
We have no hearts to obey the Word--until the Spirit bows and inclines them.

By the Word of God--we know the mind of the Spirit of God; and by the efficacy of the Spirit--we feel the power of the Word.

The Word of God shows us the way; and the Spirit of God leads us in that way which the Word points out.

The Spirit of God is able to expound the Word of God, and to make it plain to our understanding. The Holy Spirit is the Christian's interpreter; He gives the Scriptures, and He alone can reveal unto us the sense and meaning of the Scriptures.

The Word is God's counsel--to reveal the path in which we are to walk.
The Spirit is God's Counselor--who teaches us to walk in that path.

If God had not put His Spirit into our hearts, as well as His Word into our heads--we would never have arrived at the fair haven of peace.

The Scriptures reveal the very heart of God. God Almighty has, in the sacred Scriptures, as it were, manifested Himself, unfolded all His counsel to the creatures, as far as is necessary to be known for their direction and guidance to everlasting life.

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Fuel for hell!

(William Dyer, "The Strait Way to Heaven")

"Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share." 1 Timothy 6:18

There are many men who have a great deal of this world's wealth, and riches, and goods in their hands, and in their houses--but have no grace in their hearts! And therefore they do no good--with the goods of this world. They live so unfaithful, that their lives are scarcely worth a prayer--and their deaths scarcely worth a tear!

Men may as well go to hell for not doing good--as for doing evil. He who bears no good fruit, is fuel for hell--just as much as he who bears bad fruit! You may not be outwardly bad--and yet not be inwardly good. You may be as far from grace--as from vice! The rich glutton was in hell's torments, not for persecuting Lazarus--but for not relieving Lazarus.

"I was hungry--and you gave Me nothing to eat,
 I was thirsty--and you gave Me nothing to drink,
 I was a stranger--and you did not invite Me in,
 I needed clothes--and you did not clothe Me,
 I was sick and in prison--and you did not look after Me."
    Matthew 25:42-43

It is one of the greatest mercies in the world--for God to give a man a heart to do good with that good which He has given him.

Oh! beloved, be always doing good--and hating evil. Look not only where you may get good for yourself--but where you may do good to others. Labor to be helpful to the souls of others, and supply the needs of others.