John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Somebody says that these days sin has gotten so bad. Well, if you want my opinion, it has always been bad. Sin is as black as the pit of Hell. The sin that crucified Jesus Christ when leering, mocking, self-righteous church members looked on, was as black as it can be in a gangster's den in Chicago or in a harlots house or in criminals behind the bars or in modernists today. Sin has not changed. - John R. Rice

Some people have an idea that the world has gotten so sinful that it has really gotten out of hand and that God can do nothing with it. Some people have an idea that our Saviour was a very good Saviour for the ancient days before men got so smart, but that now He is really helpless about the matter. Shame, shame! Sin is horrible. Sin is all-persuasive, wicked beyond human thought or human expression. But here in the Word of God is a sentence that proves forever that sinners cannot get beyond the bounds of the power and grace of God. Romans 5:20 says, "But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." - John R. Rice

Sin certainly abounds in this world but grace still much more abounds! [Rm. 5:20] God's grace is greater than man's sin. Sin can never be so black, so hellish as to get beyond the conquering grace of God. - John R. Rice

The Gospel is still the power of God. And if you say that great revivals are impossible, that is harder to win a soul now than at other times, then you say that the gospel sword has lost its edge, that the Word of God is out of date, and that God will not honor the preaching and teaching of His Word as He did at other times. Again I say, shame, shame! That is the doctrine of unbelief. It is an alibi for cold hearts and powerless witnessing. - John R. Rice

All who are ever saved are saved "through the washing of water by the word." When preached in the power of the Spirit, God's Word does not come back void. The unchanging, ever-living Word of God is one of God's essentials, part of His provisions for soul winning, that makes soul winning possible alike in all ages. Harvests, then, must always be white where the sharp Word of God is used in reaping. The trouble is not with the harvest but with the reapers! - John R. Rice 

The saving of a soul i s a miracle! The blessing of revival is simply a series of marvelous, supernatural demonstrations of the power of God. This miracle-working power of God never changes. It never diminishes. It cannot be limited. It is not subject to the limitations of circumstances. Like God's grace which much more abounds than sin, so the power of the Holy Spirit is infinitely above all the difficulties of soul winning. Revival is a miracle. It must have in play all the capacity of the infinite God. - John R. Rice

It mattered not to Jesus that Lazarus had been in the grave four days so that Martha said, "Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days." Lazarus came forth as quickly at the call of Christ as if his body was yet warm and as if the heart had only missed one beat. - John R. Rice