JOHN R. RICE QUOTES OF THE WEEK

Jesus is Jehovah God come into this world to be our Saviour and to be a Substitute for wicked men and and to suffer for wicked sinners like us and pay the debt and save sinners.- John R. Rice

I always rejoice when Christmas time draws near. I am glad to preach about the coming of Christ. I want you to think about it with me. Don't be browbeaten by unscholarly infidels who would take away the deity of Jesus Christ. Don't be impressed by their ignorance and ranting. - John R. Rice 

The main thing to remember is that Jesus Christ must be first with Christians. So I would much rather tell little children that Jesus was born; tell that wonderful story of the shepherds on the hillside and the angels coming to announce the birth; tell of Mary and how glad when the angel came and said, "Mary, you are going to have a Son. At long last God is sending the Saviour and you are to have a Son without a human father." That is a much more wonderful story than Santa. - John R. Rice


Lets put Christ at the head and top of Christmastime. Let us love Him. Let me suggest this. Be sure that in your private devotions in your time alone with the Bible, your heart is happy. Make sure you thank God for Jesus Christ, His coming as Saviour. Let your heart run over with joy. - John R. Rice


“But Brother Rice, if one doesn't get drunk, wouldn't it be all right to have a social glass? No. Anywhere liquor is served, somebody does get drunk. One who doesn't get drunk now will get drunk tomorrow. Do you know what they make alcoholics and drunkards out of? Those 'occasional drinkers,' those moderate drinkers.” A Christian out to be against the dirty liquor business. It is the Biblical position. -John R. Rice


Catholics says that when Jesus said, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church" (Matt. 16:18), He meant that the church would be built on Peter. That is not true. That is not what the Scripture says nor means. Peter had just said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said, "Thou are Peter," a small loose stone. But on "this rock," Christ, the great bedrock, the "Son of the living God. . .I will build my church." The church is built on Christ, not on Peter. The Scripture expressly says in 1 Corinthians 3:11, "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." Christ is the Rock on which the salvation of everybody in the world who gets saved must depend. - John R. Rice

The word "church" in the Bible, ecclesia, never means a denomination; it means a called out assembly. ...
It is used about ninety times about a local congregation of Christians, like "the church of God at Corinth," "the churches of Galatia," "the seven churches of Asia." Remember that more than one congregation is always spoken of as plural "churches," not a church. The term "church" is never used in the Bible about a denomination. That is a false, man-made use based on a false doctrine and tradition. - John R. Rice