It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one's soul. Great knowledge is not enough. John Bunyan More Quotes by John Bunyan More Quotes From John Bunyan Hope is never ill when faith is well. John Bunyan wells ill Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. John Bunyan temptation prayer overcoming It gave me no pleasure to see people drink in my opinions if they seemed ignorant of Jesus Christ and the value of being saved by Him. Sound conviction for sin, especially the sin of unbelief, and a heart set on fire to be saved by Christ, with a strong yearning for a truly sanctified soul-this was what delighted me; those were the souls I considered blessed. John Bunyan strong blessed jesus Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not how to wear two vizards, one for an appearance before men, and another for a short snatch in a corner; but it must have God, and be with him in the duty of prayer. It is not lip-labour that it doth regard, for it is the heart that God looks at, and that which sincerity looks at, and that which prayer comes from, if it be that prayer which is accompanied with sincerity. John Bunyan prayer heart men Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them. John Bunyan smell truth heaven The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption and pollution. The dirt and scum that has attached itself to our hearts and minds is agitated and revealed by both the workings of a guilty conscience and the devouring avarice of the enemy of our souls.The John Bunyan soul mind heart Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven. John Bunyan saws heaven way The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out. John Bunyan scent heart sweet Conversion is not the smooth, easy-going process some men seem to think... It is wounding work, this breaking of the hearts, but without wounding there is no saving... Where there is grafting there will always be a cutting, the graft must be let in with a wound; to stick it onto the outside or to tie it on with a string would be of no use. Heart must be set to heart and back to back or there will be no sap from root to branch. And this, I say, must be done by a wound, by a cut. John Bunyan cutting heart men Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire. John Bunyan soul fire world Humility is the light of understanding. John Bunyan light humility motivational Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God. John Bunyan simplicity soul heart There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace. John Bunyan salvation grace men Temptation provokes me to look upward to God. John Bunyan look-up temptation looks Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you. John Bunyan affliction trials may I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also. John Bunyan shoes earth love Therefore if mine enemy hunger, let me feed him; if he thirst, let me give him drink. Now in order to do this, (1) We must see good in that, in which other men can see none. (2) We must pass by those injuries that other men would revenge. (3) We must show we have grace, and that we are made to bear what other men are not acquainted with. (4) Many of our graces are kept alive, by those very things that are the death of other men's souls.... The devil, (they say) is good when he is pleased; but Christ and His saints, when displeased. John Bunyan revenge men order The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries. John Bunyan greatness father jesus Faith is a fruit, work, or gift of the Spirit of God, whereby a poor soul is enabled through the mighty operation of God, in a sense of its sins and wretched estate to lay hold on the righteousness, blood, death, resurrection, ascension, intercession, and coming again of the Son of God which was crucified without the gates of Jerusalem, for eternal life. John Bunyan gifts-of-the-spirit blood son Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God. John Bunyan hell no-fear grace
