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John Flavel Quotes about Christ

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

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

John Flavel
Blood, Holiness, Christ
John Flavel, Rev Terry Kulakowski (2015). “THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE OPENED UP”, p.80, Lulu.com

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.

John Flavel
Men, World, Christ

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.

John Flavel
Firsts, Spirit, Christ
John Flavel (1699). “The Method of Grace in Bringing Home the Eternal Redemption ... Being the Second Part of Gospel Redemption: Wherein the Great Mystery of Our Union and Communion with Christ is Opened and Applied ...”, p.28

Scripture knows no other way to glory, but Christ put on and applied by faith.

John Flavel
Way, Scripture, Christ
John Flavel, Rev Terry Kulakowski (2015). “THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE OPENED UP”, p.183, Lulu.com

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

John Flavel
Soul, Desire, Christ
John Flavel (1875). “The Method of Grace, in the Holy Spirits Applying to the Souls of Men the Eternal Redemption Contrived by the Father, and Accomplished by the Son (etc.)”, p.191

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.

John Flavel
Soul, Spirit, Christ

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.

John Flavel
Distance, Soul, Christ

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

John Flavel
Mouths, Christ, Prey
John Flavel (1996). “The Method of Grace: How the Holy Spirit Works”, p.211, Hartland Publications

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.

John Flavel
Heaven, Saving, Christ
John Flavel, Rev Terry Kulakowski (2015). “THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE OPENED UP”, p.5, Lulu.com

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