It is a sad and shocking fact that many religious people are in Hell.
– John R. Rice –
Heaven – Hell
What Great Love – Max Lucado
On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.
– Max Lucado –
What is its eternity value? – John Wesley
I value all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.
– John Wesley –
1703-1791
Possession vs Preparation – Richard Baxter
The life to come depends upon this present life. As the life of adult age depends upon infancy, or the reward upon work; or the prize of racers or soldiers upon their running or fighting; or the merchant’s gain upon his voyage. Heaven is won or lost on earth; the possession is there, but the preparation is here.
– Richard Baxter –
from Dying Thoughts, 1683
Sin is Abominable – JC Ryle
Nevertheless settle it firmly in our minds that sin is “the abominable thing that God hateth” that God “is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and cannot look upon that which is evil.” That the least transgression of God’s law makes us “guilty of all” that “the soul that sinneth shall surely die” that “the wages of sin is death” that God shall “judge the secrets of men” that there is a worm that never dies, and a fire that is not quenched. That “the wicked shall be turned into hell” and “shall go away into everlasting punishment” and that “nothing that defiles shall in any wise enter heaven.”
– JC Ryle –
With Eternity in View – John Wesley
I desire to have both heaven and hell ever in my eye, while I stand on this isthmus of life, between two boundless oceans.
– John Wesley –
Pride Must Die – Andrew Murray
The truth is this: Pride must die in you or nothing of heaven can live in you. Under the banner of the truth, give yourself up to the meek and humble spirit of the holy Jesus. Humility must sow the seed or there can be no reaping in heaven.
– Andrew Murray –
A Test for True Prayer – EM Bounds
He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and
for heaven.
– EM Bounds –
Perfect Love – Hugh Binning
Perfect love casts out the fear of hell, but perfect love brings in the fear of sin: “Ye that
– Hugh Binning –
from Christian Love, 1627-1653