When Peter saw Moses and Elijah with Christ in his transfiguration, though he had but a glimpse of glory, yet he says “It is good for us to be here.” But Oh! How infinitely good it will be to be in heaven. How shall we then be rapt up with glory, when we shall be forever with the Lord!
– Archbishop Usher –
1581-1656
To know Jesus is the shortest description of true grace; to know him better is the surest mark of growth in grace; to know him perfectly is eternal life.
– John Newton –
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him (Lam 3:25). Waiting souls, remember this assurance is yours, but the time of the giving it is the Lord’s; the jewel is yours, but the season in which he will give it is in his own hand: the gold chain is yours, but he only knows the hour wherein he will put it about your necks.
Well! Wait patiently and quietly, wait expectantly, wait believingly, wait affectionately, and wait diligently, and you shall find that scripture made good in power upon your souls, “Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry,” (Heb 10:37, Hab 2:3).
– Thomas Brooks –
from Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance, 1654
It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.
– Matthew Henry –
When God leads your life, He will lead you safely home.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Eternal life is not a peculiar feeling inside! It is not your ultimate destination, to which you will go when you are dead. If you are born again, eternal life is that quality of life that you possess right now.
– Ian Thomas –
It was a weighty saying of some wise man, that hell is truth known too late.
– JC Ryle –
Confess your sin with honesty, be pardoned with certainty.
– Charles Spurgeon –
If you have work to do, you must do it soon. The wheels of eternity are sounding behind you, press on! If you are to run a race you must run it fast, for death will soon overtake you.
– Charles Spurgeon –