The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were ‘Repent!’
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Repentance
Do You Blush? – William Secker
Many blush to confess their faults, who never blush to commit them.
– William Secker –
Delighted to be Brought to Your Knees – Billy Sunday
The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn’t hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.
– Billy Sunday –
A New Act of Faith and Repentance – William Perkins
Every new act of sin requires a new act of faith and repentance (Isaiah 1:4, 16, 18).
– William Perkins –
Godly Sorrow for the Offense Rather Punishment – Thomas Watson
Godly sorrow is ingenious. It is sorrow for the offense rather than for the punishment. God’s law has been infringed, his love abused. This melts the soul in tears. A man may be sorry, yet not repent, as a thief is sorry when he is taken, not because he stole, but because he has to pay the penalty. … “My sin is ever before me” (Ps. 51:3); David does not say, “The sword threatened is ever before me,” but “my sin.” O that I should offend so good a God, that I should grieve my Comforter! This breaks my heart!
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668
Conviction, Repentance, Obedience, and Humility – Charles Finney
Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one’s will to God in deep humility.
– Charles Finney –
Nothing Else Matters Except Jesus – Stephen Olford
When God breaks into a life or a community, nothing else matters save the person of Jesus, the glory of Jesus, the name of Jesus.
– Stephen Olford –
A Tongue Like Thunder – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
As I was walking in the fields, the thought came over me with almost overwhelming power, that every one of my flock must soon be in heaven or hell. Oh how I wished that I had a tongue like thunder, that I might make all hear; or that I had a frame like iron, that I might visit every one and say, “Escape for thy life! Ah sinner! You little know how I fear that you will lay the blame of your damnation at my door.”
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Don’t Preach Repentance Unless … – Joseph Parker
The man whose little sermon is “repent” sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man—”off with his head!” You had better not try to preach repentance until you have pledged your head to heaven.
– Joseph Parker –