I care not where I go, or how I live, or what I endure so that I may save souls.
When I sleep I dream of them; when I awake they are first in my thoughts…no
amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant
and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned
sympathetic love for human souls. - David Brainerd
John
Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of
Hell. There he asked, "Are there any Presbyterians here?" "Yes!", came the
answer. Then he asked, "Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any
Methodists?" The answer was Yes! each time. Much distressed, Wesley was then
ushered to the gates of Heaven. There he asked the same question, and the answer
was No! "No?" To this, Wesley asked, "Who then is inside?" The answer came back,
"There are only Christians here." - John Wesley
Cast yourselves upon
his love and blood, his doing and his dying, his miseries and his merits; and if
you do this you shall never fall, but you shall be saved now, and saved in that
great day when not to be saved will be horrible indeed. - Charles Spurgeon
Have
I then no work to work in this great matter of my pardon? None. What work canst
thou work? What work of thine can buy forgiveness or make thee fit for the
Divine favor? What work has God bidden thee work in order to obtain salvation?
None. His Word is very plain and easy to be understood, "To him that worketh
not, but believeth in Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness" (Rom. 4:5). There is but one work by which a man can be saved.
That work is not thine, but the work of the Son of God. That work is finished.
- Horatius Bonar
Common
experience declares how momentary and how useless are those violent fits and
gusts of endeavours which proceed from fear and uncertainty, both in things
spiritual and things temporal, or civil. Whilst men are under the power of
actual impressions from such fears, they will convert to God, yea, they will
turn in a moment, and perfect their holiness in an instant; but so soon as that
impression wears off (as it will do on every occasion, and upon none at all)
such persons are as dead and cold towards God as the lead or iron, which but now
ran in a fiery stream, is now when the heat is departed from it. - John Owen
God
is none other than the Savior of our wretchedness. So we can only know God well
by knowing our iniquities... Those who have known God without knowing their
wretchedness have not glorified him, but have glorified themselves. - Blaise
Pascal
Before
the call my loyalties are to self and Satan. When
Christ taps me on the shoulder
and I turn around and follow Him, my loyalties are shifted and my allegiance is
given to a new Leader and a new life. One is never the same after that tap on
the shoulder. It is life's supreme moment. If one rejects, life becomes
miserable. If one accepts, life becomes happy. If one spurns the call of Christ,
he becomes disloyal to the truth and murders his own best self. If he responds
to the call a new day dawns, a new life comes, a new inspiration thrills. -
Russell DeLong
The
nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day
evangelist. He announces a Savior from Hell rather than a Savior from sin. And
that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to
escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality
and worldliness. - Arthur W. Pink
Breezy,
self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then
have a good time all the rest of your life; the Lord won't demand anything of
you. Yes, He will, my friend! The Lord will demand everything of you. And when
you give it all up to Him, He may bless it and hand it back, but on the other
hand He may not. - A.W. Tozer
Someone
once asked Billy Graham, "If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in
the world?" To this the famous preacher replied, "With so much soap, why are
there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be
personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives." - Billy
Graham
Not
long ago, in Edinburgh, a lady who was an earnest Christian worker, found a
young woman whose feet had taken hold of hell, and who was pressing onwards to a
harlot's grave. The lady begged her to go back to her home, but she said no, her
parents would never receive her. This Christian woman knew what a mother's heart
was; so she sat down and wrote a letter to the mother, telling her how she had
met her daughter, who was sorry, and wanted to return. The next post brought an
answer back, and on the envelope was written, 'Immediately - immediately!' That
was a mother's heart. They opened the letter. Yes, she was forgiven. They wanted
her back, and they sent money for her to come immediately. Sinner, that is the
proclamation, 'Come immediately'. That is what the great and loving God is
saying to every wandering sinner - immediately. Yes, backslider, come home
tonight. He will give you a warm welcome, and there will be joy in heaven over
your return. Come now, for everything is ready. - D. L. Moody
I care not where I go, or how I live, or what I endure so that I may save souls.
When I sleep I dream of them; when I awake they are first in my thoughts…no
amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant
and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned
sympathetic love for human souls. - David Brainerd
John
Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of
Hell. There he asked, "Are there any Presbyterians here?" "Yes!", came the
answer. Then he asked, "Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any
Methodists?" The answer was Yes! each time. Much distressed, Wesley was then
ushered to the gates of Heaven. There he asked the same question, and the answer
was No! "No?" To this, Wesley asked, "Who then is inside?" The answer came back,
"There are only Christians here." - John Wesley
Cast yourselves upon
his love and blood, his doing and his dying, his miseries and his merits; and if
you do this you shall never fall, but you shall be saved now, and saved in that
great day when not to be saved will be horrible indeed. - Charles Spurgeon
Have
I then no work to work in this great matter of my pardon? None. What work canst
thou work? What work of thine can buy forgiveness or make thee fit for the
Divine favor? What work has God bidden thee work in order to obtain salvation?
None. His Word is very plain and easy to be understood, "To him that worketh
not, but believeth in Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness" (Rom. 4:5). There is but one work by which a man can be saved.
That work is not thine, but the work of the Son of God. That work is finished.
- Horatius Bonar
Common
experience declares how momentary and how useless are those violent fits and
gusts of endeavours which proceed from fear and uncertainty, both in things
spiritual and things temporal, or civil. Whilst men are under the power of
actual impressions from such fears, they will convert to God, yea, they will
turn in a moment, and perfect their holiness in an instant; but so soon as that
impression wears off (as it will do on every occasion, and upon none at all)
such persons are as dead and cold towards God as the lead or iron, which but now
ran in a fiery stream, is now when the heat is departed from it. - John Owen
God
is none other than the Savior of our wretchedness. So we can only know God well
by knowing our iniquities... Those who have known God without knowing their
wretchedness have not glorified him, but have glorified themselves. - Blaise
Pascal
Before
the call my loyalties are to self and Satan. When
Christ taps me on the shoulder
and I turn around and follow Him, my loyalties are shifted and my allegiance is
given to a new Leader and a new life. One is never the same after that tap on
the shoulder. It is life's supreme moment. If one rejects, life becomes
miserable. If one accepts, life becomes happy. If one spurns the call of Christ,
he becomes disloyal to the truth and murders his own best self. If he responds
to the call a new day dawns, a new life comes, a new inspiration thrills. -
Russell DeLong
The
nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day
evangelist. He announces a Savior from Hell rather than a Savior from sin. And
that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to
escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality
and worldliness. - Arthur W. Pink
Breezy,
self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then
have a good time all the rest of your life; the Lord won't demand anything of
you. Yes, He will, my friend! The Lord will demand everything of you. And when
you give it all up to Him, He may bless it and hand it back, but on the other
hand He may not. - A.W. Tozer
Someone
once asked Billy Graham, "If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in
the world?" To this the famous preacher replied, "With so much soap, why are
there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be
personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives." - Billy
Graham
Not
long ago, in Edinburgh, a lady who was an earnest Christian worker, found a
young woman whose feet had taken hold of hell, and who was pressing onwards to a
harlot's grave. The lady begged her to go back to her home, but she said no, her
parents would never receive her. This Christian woman knew what a mother's heart
was; so she sat down and wrote a letter to the mother, telling her how she had
met her daughter, who was sorry, and wanted to return. The next post brought an
answer back, and on the envelope was written, 'Immediately - immediately!' That
was a mother's heart. They opened the letter. Yes, she was forgiven. They wanted
her back, and they sent money for her to come immediately. Sinner, that is the
proclamation, 'Come immediately'. That is what the great and loving God is
saying to every wandering sinner - immediately. Yes, backslider, come home
tonight. He will give you a warm welcome, and there will be joy in heaven over
your return. Come now, for everything is ready. - D. L. Moody