Time is given us to use in view of eternity. Henry Allen Ironside More Quotes by Henry Allen Ironside More Quotes From Henry Allen Ironside God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves, but in God. Henry Allen Ironside light christian men All self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation. Henry Allen Ironside rocks christian jesus We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. Henry Allen Ironside thanksgiving motivational kids The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration. Henry Allen Ironside deterioration grace christian When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him. He settled for everything, and then He cried, 'It is finished.' And on the basis of that finished work, God can freely forgive, and justify completely, every poor sinner who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ. Henry Allen Ironside forgiving christian jesus People are stumbling over the simplest things. Take, for instance, that word believeth. You would think that was plain enough for anybody, but all my life I have heard people say, 'I have always believed, and yet I am not saved.' It does not say, 'Whosoever believeth the Bible, or creeds, or even the gospel story,' but it does say, 'Whosoever believeth in him.' What is it to believe in Him? It means to put your soul's confidence in Him, to trust in Him, God's blessed Son. Henry Allen Ironside blessed christian believe Wherever there's light, there's bugs. Henry Allen Ironside bugs light We are not preaching the Gospel of a dead Christ, but of a living Christ who sits exalted at the Father's right hand, and is living to save all who put their trust in Him. That is why those of us who really know the Gospel never have any crucifixes around our churches or in our homes. The crucifix represents a dead Christ hanging languid on a cross of shame. But we are not pointing men to a dead Christ; we are preaching a living Christ. He lives exalted at God's right hand, and He "saves to the uttermost all who come to God by Him." Henry Allen Ironside home men father If lips and life do not agree, the testimony will not amount to much. Henry Allen Ironside lips christian life Grace is the very opposite of merit... Grace is not only undeserved favor, but it is favor, shown to the one who has deserved the very opposite. Henry Allen Ironside favors grace opposites It is well to remember that reading books about the Bible is a very different thing to searching the Word for oneself. Henry Allen Ironside different reading book Christ is a substitute for everything, but nothing is a substitute for Christ. Henry Allen Ironside christianity christian christ If what they are saying about you is true, mend your ways. If it isn't true, forget it, and go on and serve the Lord. Henry Allen Ironside criticism goes-on way Beware lest we mistake our prejudices for our convictions. Henry Allen Ironside conviction prejudice mistake No one ever lost out by excessive devotion to Christ. Henry Allen Ironside devotion losing christ Godliness has 'promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.' But the only way one can enter into godliness is by turning to God as a repentant sinner and receiving the Saviour He has provided in the Gospel. Therefore the crying need of our degenerate times is for a revival of true old-fashioned, Christ- centered, Bible preaching that will call upon all men everywhere to repent in view of that coming day when God will judge the world in righteousness by His Risen Son. Henry Allen Ironside christian men son The Apostle Peter preaching on the day of Pentecost of the risen Savior, says, "God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." And He speaks of Him as the anointed One, exalted at God's right hand. The Gospel is the Gospel of the Risen Christ. There would be no Gospel for sinners if Christ had not been raised. So the apostle says, "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins" Henry Allen Ironside would-be hands jesus Faith is to rest, not in the best of God's servants, but in His unchanging Word. Henry Allen Ironside unchanging preacher christian Sin had no sooner come into the world than God came in grace seeking the sinner, and so from the first question, 'Adam, where art thou?' on to the incarnation, God has been speaking to man. Henry Allen Ironside grace men art To the lover of the Lord Jesus Christ there can be nothing legal about baptism. It is simply the glad expression of a grateful heart recognizing its identity with Christ in death, burial, and resurrection. Many of us look back to the moment when we were thus baptized as one of the most precious experiences we have ever known. Henry Allen Ironside grateful christian jesus
