John Nelson Darby Quotes

The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes.

God's ways are behind the scenes, but He moves all the scenes which He is behind.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word.

Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

If we wait upon God, there is no danger. If we rush on, He must let us see the consequences of it.

Separation from evil is the necessary first principle of communion with Him ... Separation from evil is His principle of unity

Be assured that God does more in us than we for Him; and that what we do is only for Him in proportion as it is He Himself who works it in us.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me.

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.

Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate.

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.

The great guardian principle of all conduct in the church of God is personal responsibility to the Lord.

Let those who like society better have it.

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide the word of truth.

By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.

After deep exercise of soul I was brought by grace to feel I could entirely.

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience; but neither is it obedience to imitate the actions of the apostles.

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world.

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ.