He that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. John R. Rice More Quotes by John R. Rice More Quotes From John R. Rice When you get saved, you get saved not because you deserve it, but because you simply let God save you and because you confess your own poor sinful state and your inability to save yourself. John R. Rice inability inspiration letting-go What a compelling motive we have for prayer, for preaching, for soul winning when we learn that every responsible human being who leaves this world without a definite change in heart immediately lifts his eyes in Hell, tormented in flame! John R. Rice prayer christian heart Let no preacher in a little church think that he has no audience for his message. An unseen audience of multitudes compass him about! Let no Christian who sins in the dark think that he is unobserved. He is compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses! Assuredly in Heaven they know what goes on on earth. John R. Rice christian dark thinking I want no Christmas without a burden for lost souls, a message for sinners, a heart to bring in the lost sheep so dear to the Shepherd, the sinning souls for whom Christ died. John R. Rice soul sheep heart Those who go to Heaven ride on a pass and enter into blessings that they never earned, but all who go to hell pay their own way. John R. Rice blessing pay heaven To keep the faith, run with the right crowd. John R. Rice keep-the-faith crowds running If you were enough like God, some one wouldn't like you. John R. Rice like-you ifs enough God doesn't send His children to Hell either. It's just the Devil's children that God sends to Hell. Why should God look after the Devil's children. John R. Rice devil children looks I tell you, Heaven is a real, literal, physical place, a city as material, as physical, as literal as Chicago or London or New York or Tokyo. John R. Rice real cities new-york It is a sad and shocking fact that many religious people are in Hell. John R. Rice religious christian people Prayer is asking; the answer to prayer is receiving. John R. Rice receiving prayer asking God's people should be baptized because God commanded it, not because some church requires it. John R. Rice baptized-in baptism people Salvation is a free gift. John R. Rice free-gifts salvation We ought to shout out our thanksgiving as if every war were over; as if there were no more big taxes; as if there were no sickness, no crime. John R. Rice sickness crime war The moment we're born they try to make us cry, and sometimes it seems as though they never stop. Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us. Never borrow sorrow from tomorrow! No matter what a man's past may have been, his future is spotless. John R. Rice sorrow men past Any time a Christian is conscious of his sin, judges the sin and takes sides against it with a penitent heart, then he has a perfect right to trust the Lord for instant, complete forgiveness and for perfect cleansing. John R. Rice christian perfect heart It is far best for the Christian never to see some things, so he will never want them. The old-fashioned Christian who will not have playing cards in his house will never learn to gamble with them. One who never sees, in movies and night clubs or elsewhere, half-clothed girls, drinking, smoking, gambling, petting, making love to many men, is likely to miss being led into that kind of life by these sirens of sin. It is the Devil's game to make people think it necessary for people to "know the ways of the world. John R. Rice girl christian drinking Do you think that your sin is hidden away? Do you think that men will never know it? Well, you should remember that God knows it already. And you should remember, second, that sin continued in will inevitably come to light. Usually it will be exposed in this life. Certainly it will be exposed when you stand before God and God's record books are opened. That which is whispered in a corner shall be shouted from a housetop. God will bring every secret thing to judgment, we are told. What warning to our hearts! John R. Rice heart men book According to the Bible, a genuine answer to prayer is getting what you ask for. John R. Rice genuine prayer answers Christian, that sin which first came between you and God is bad, but that is not the last step in the progress of sin. The most guilty part in this quadruple sin is to hide it, deny it, ignore it, refust to confess it, refuse to repent of it! John R. Rice progress lasts christian
