John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Anything God says to do, you can do by His grace.  - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 113]

He [Jesus] said, "Have faith in God." It is as clearly a command of God as the command not to get drunk. It is as clearly a command of God as the command to tell the truth. It is as clearly a command of God as the command not to steal. A Christian ought to have faith in God. And that indicates one can have faith in God. - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 113]

Somebody says to you about a horse, "The horse is gentle. He will not hurt you; he is a nice horse." And you get on him. That is faith. Faith is risking somebody's word.
Faith in God is risking God's Word. So if you want to have faith, learn it from the Bible. If you get to know the Bible and love the Bible and believe the Bible, if you get the spirit of the Bible, you are bound to grow in faith. - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 114-115]

Somebody says, Brother Rice, God did not promise to give you what you want. He just promised to supply your needs." That sounds mighty fine, but it is not so. It is not so! The Bible says for you to ask for "WHAT THINGS SOEVER YE DESIRE, when you pray." - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 119]

I will tell you what God wants you to do. God wants you to say, "Lord Jesus, I will not hide a thing from You. I am going to tell You everything I think and everything I want. If there is anything wrong with what I want, You fix my 'wanter': but I am going to take You into my confidence and take 'everything to God in prayer.' " That is what the Bible says specifically again and again-that you are to pray about "what things soever ye desire." It says, "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." You see, God intends for Christians to ask for anything they want. - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 120]

Christians sometimes, particularly Baptists who preach the Gospel of salvation by grace and not of works-such people as Presbyterians, too, brother, oftentimes-we sometimes preach a grace that is a disgrace. We say people are saved by grace, and we seem to teach that it doesn't matter if you sin. You can get by with sin, God won't punish sin, it doesn't matter! Brother, there never was a blacker misconception. You may be the apple of God's eye, you may be saved eternally and going to Heaven, but you can't get by with sin. - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 129-130]

Christian, you can't get by with sin. A preacher can't get by with sin any more than can a bootlegger. Nobody can get by with sin. Remember that. - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 131]

"Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth." Didn't I say that "when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord" (I Cor. 11:32)? Why? Because God said, "I can't let him go to Hell and condemn him with the Lost, so I've got to whip him now."
Now, since God can't let sin get by and since God can't send His child to Hell, what is the answer? The answer is a good licking. God has to take sides against your sin if you are His own child. - John R. Rice [Sweet Family Ties in Heaven and Hell, pg. 135]