It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
– George Whitefield –
George Whitefield
You Lack One Thing – George Whitefield
Yet lackest thou one thing; Go sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; he was grieved at that saying, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions!’ Poor youth! He had a good mind to be a Christian, and to inherit eternal life, but thought it too dear, if it could be purchased at no less an expense than of his estate! And thus many, both young and old, now-a-days, come running to worship our blessed Lord in public, and kneel before him in private, and inquire at his gospel, what they must do to inherit eternal life: but when they find they must renounce the self-enjoyment of riches, and forsake all in affection to follow him, they cry, ‘The Lord pardon us in this thing! We pray thee, have us excused’ … He will not!”
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Every Doctrine From God Leads to God – George Whitefield
It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.
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A Life of Prayer – George Whitefield
Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.
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Have No Rest Until … – George Whitefield
May you have no rest in your souls till you rest in Jesus Christ!
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from Select Sermons of George Whitefield
Above Our Bibles – George Whitefield
If we once get above our Bibles, and cease making the written Word of God sole rule both as to faith and practice, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion, and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. Our blessed Lord, though He had the Spirit of God without measure, yet always was governed by, and fought the devil with, “It is written.”
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Write and Preach Under the Cross – George Whitefield
Ministers never write or preach so well as when under the cross.
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Build Upon the Work Within You – George Whitefield
My dear friends beware of resting on your first conversion. You that are young believers in Christ, you should be looking out for fresh discovering of the Lord Jesus Christ every moment; you must not build upon your past experiences, you must not build upon a work within you, but always come out of yourselves to the righteousness of Jesus Christ without you; you must be always coming as poor sinners to draw water out of the wells of salvation; you must be forgetting the things that are behind, and be continually pressing forward to the things that are before. My dear friends, you must keep up a tender, close walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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from Select Sermons of George Whitefield
No Man can Preach a Better Gospel – George Whitefield
Other men may preach the gospel better than I, but no man can preach a better gospel.
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