Salvation

The Cross To Me – Thomas Aquinas

The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.

– Thomas Aquinas –

The Martyrdom of Polycarp

But the proconsul urged him and said, “Swear, and I will release thee; curse the Christ.” And Polycarp said, “Eighty and six years have I served him, and he hath done me no wrong; how then can I blaspheme my king who saved me?”

– The Martyrdom of Polycarp (in 155 AD) –

Won Not By Ease or Quiet – Hudson Taylor

China is not to be won for Christ by quiet, ease—loving men and women. … The stamp of men and women we need is such as will put Jesus, China, souls, first and foremost in everything and at every time—even life itself must be secondary.

– Hudson Taylor –
missionary to China (1832-1905)

Therefore Let Us Pass Unto … – Clement of Alexandria

Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to [godliness].

– Clement of Alexandria –

Fruits of New Obedience – Martin Luther

There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.

– Martin Luther –

Speak of Christ But Do Not Trust Him – Leonard Ravenhill

Men build our churches but do not enter them, print our Bibles but do not read them, talk about God but do not believe Him, speak of Christ but do not trust Him for salvation, sing our hymns and then forget them.

– Leonard Ravenhill –

Ministerial Minded – Art Katz

We are so ministerial-minded, and we want so to come into our ministries, and a lot of souls are made shipwreck by a premature coming into ministry when there had been no attention to the foundation of relationship with God and men.

– Art Katz –