Great Quotes 12

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"Any preacher who does not tell his people the whole truth may be loved by them but does not love them." - James Macdonald

"Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it." - William Penn

"He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity,is wise for a moment, but a fool forever." - Tillotson

"Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow Thee.
Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be.
Perish every fond ambition, all I’ve sought or hoped or known.
Yet how rich is my condition! God and Heaven are still mine own." - H.F. Lyte

“Let us remember that in the last judgment we shall not be asked how learned we were and whether we displayed our learning before the world; to what extent we enjoyed the favor of men and knew how to keep it; with what honors we were exalted and how great a reputation in the world we left behind us; or how many treasures of earthly good we amassed for our children and thereby drew a curse upon ourselves. Instead we shall be asked how faithfully and with how childlike a heart we sought to further the kingdom of God; with how pure and godly a teaching and how worthy an example we tried to edify our hearers amid the scorn of the world, denial of self, taking up of the cross, and imitation of our Savior; with what zeal we opposed not only error but also wickedness of life; or with what constancy and cheerfulness we endured the persecution or adversity thrust upon us by the manifestly godless world or by false brethren, and amid such suffering praised our God.” - Philip Spener

"Where Christianity has room to roam under man's domain, it will eventually become man's Christianity." - Mark S. Case

“Every hour comes with some little light regarding God's will fastened upon its back." - F.W.Faber

"There is no strategy to combat the lostness of the world or the superficiality of Evangelicalism. But God can use a holy instrument!" - Paul Washer

‎"A gospel that is culturally palatable finds its origin with man; whereas, the offensive Gospel of the Cross of Jesus Christ finds its origin with God." - Derek Melton

“[Dr. J. Edwin Orr] said historical research proves that prayer precedes revival and awakening. Evangelism and social justice follow close behind.” “When de Tocqueville visited America in 1831, he said, ‘America is a nation with the soul of a church.’ However, by the 1840s, denominations were splitting and an emphasis on the Second Coming left many disillusioned. Apathy and complacency began taking a toll.” [Welsh Revival 1904] “A hundred thousand were converted cutting drunkenness in half and causing taverns to go bankrupt. Crimes were so few that judges had no cases to try. The mules in the mines had to be re-taught because the miners quit using profanity…. Church membership in America increased by two million in five years. It was common for stores to close for hours for prayer. In Los Angeles, the Grand Opera House was filled at midnight with drunks and prostitutes seeking salvation. [J. Edwin Orr, The Re-study of revival and Revivalism (Los Angeles: The Oxford Association for Research in Revival or Evangelical Awakening, 1981), p. 45]“ “We don’t have to convince an unwilling God to come and refresh us with His presence. He’s for it. But, He cannot be manipulated. But when sincere hearts who know they cannot do His work nor His will without Him, humbly pray, He will answer.” “We’ve learned enough to know He will come, but have we learned enough to pray until He does?” - Glenn Sheppard

"However, by the 1840s, denominations were splitting and an emphasis on the Second Coming left many disillusioned. Apathy and complacency began taking a toll.”

It wasn't the emphasis on the "Second Coming" that split the Church. It was around 1826-7 that Margaret McDonald's vision got to Darby and then Scoffield and changed the eschatology that the Church believed for almost 1800 yrs that split the Church and caused "complacency" and will continue to, until men of GOD preach the truth.

The truth brings Revival and the fear of the LORD, repentence and a striving as Paul strove, for the crown of the Overcomers.

"...Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God ..."

~ Peter - second epistle, third chapter.

"If no one is accusing you of being too legalistic, then you probably aren't living a holy life. If no one is accusing you of being a 'bleeding heart', then you probably aren't loving enough. If no one is accusing you of being too dogmatic, then you probably aren't standing for the truth. If no one is accusing you or criticizing you, then you probably aren't doing anything significant." -- Israel Wayne

The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.

Oswald Chambers: last line of 2nd August, My Utmost for His Highest