JOHN R. RICE QUOTES OF THE WEEK

The man who opens his heart to sin and sells out to sin, perhaps tomorrow will be too late for him ever to be saved. I wouldn't sell out to sin like Ahab did. - John R. Rice

Don't sell out to sin. I would hate it, avoid it, run from it. Is there a man here tonight who thinks, "What difference do a few drinks make?" My friend, it may mean the difference in ruin and success for your boy. A few drinks may mean the once happy home shattered and one day shame and disgrace and broken hearts. It may mean the difference between freedom and prison for something you will do when you are drinking and do not know anything about it. It means the difference between the wrath of God and His mercy. Don't sell out to sin.
But you think it is so cheap. You don't know all you buy when you sell out to the Devil. You buy trouble and certain judgment and punishment. Don't do it! - John R. Rice

My friends, I have come to this conclusion. If a man is right with God, he need fear no man. Every arrow will fall short. If a man is not right with God, even if a man pull a bow at a venture, it will strike between the joints of his harness where he least expected it. No man is safe out of God's sweet will, in disobedience to God. Pleasing God, every man is perfectly safe. All may pull their bows in vain when God surrounds a man; but when God withdraws His hand, your blood will run out for the first man who draws a bow at a venture from afar off. - John R. Rice

My friend, sin finds you out. Don't let this slip out of your mind. Your sin, your sin, your sin will find you out just as certain as it did king Ahab. Your sin will find you out! - John R. Rice

Somebody says, "That preacher gets after my skin. He is against me. He is my enemy." If you only knew it, Ahab, the best fiend you have is this hairy old prophet Elijah! This prophet would lead you back to God and lead the people out of sin and keep them from captivity and from the wrath of God which is upon them and upon you. "Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?" It is a sad thing for people to believe that a preacher is their enemy. But so often that is true. - John R. Rice

Jesus is not the enemy of sinners. If you will repent, admit you are guilty, if you will turn to Jesus, if you want mercy, if you want forgiveness, then He is not your enemy but the best Friend any sinner ever had.
You think the friends of the wine cup are your friends. They are not. The prodigal boy, after he landed in the hogpen of sin, could bear witness that they are not your friends. - John R. Rice

Let me tell you, my friends, if anybody ever comes to talk to you about your soul or invite you to church, you ought to thank God that person is interested in you. You should say, "Somebody does not want me to go to Hell. Somebody cares about me." God loves you, and don't you say to God, "Leave me alone." Don't say that to any friend, of God, or yourself. - John R. Rice