Quotes from Thomas Watson

What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God.

We shall never go to heaven when we die—unless we are in heaven while we live.

is a command of God to pray without ceasing, 1 Thess. 5:17. The meaning is—not that we should be always praying—but that we should every day set some time apart for prayer.

As, when king Uzziah would offer incense without a priest, God was angry with him, and struck him with leprosy (2 Chron 26:20). Just so, when we do not come to God in and through Christ, we offer up incense to him without a priest, and what can we expect but severe rebukes?

After a bitter pill, God gives sugar.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.

We spend our years with sighing; it is a valleyof tears; but death is the funeral of all our sorrows.

Daily bread may make us live comfortably but forgiveness of sins will make us die comfortably.

An upright man is always worth beholding—but then he is most to be admired when like a bright star, he shines in the dark, and having lost all, he holds fast his integrity.

He may look on death with joy, who can look on forgiveness with faith.

Why are Christians so disquieted in their minds? They are taking care when they should be casting care.

Though God is the fountain of grace—yet the saints are the pipes which transmit the living streams to others.