When Jesus died on the cross He shouted triumphantly, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). So Jesus was satisfied with the finished work. He went to Heaven and we are told that He sat down on the right hand of the Father. His sacrifice and atoning work was done! God the Father was satisfied, too. And every poor sinner who comes on the merit of the sacrifice already made is freely received. Now there is no more offering for sin. By one sacrifice the Lord Jesus has perfected forever all them that are sanctified or set apart for Him! - John R. Rice [Great Truths for Soul Winners, pg. 159]
Let every Christian, then, who can, get a good education. Let every one who has a good singing voice take training if he can. Let every man who preaches learn to outline his sermons and make them logical and pointed and compelling and powerful if he can. But always let us confess our weakness and give God the glory and depend on the power from Heaven! - John R. Rice [Great Truths for Soul Winners, pg. 174]
More than once I have said to a man, "Are you a Christian?" And he has answered me, "That is a personal matter between me and God. A man's religion is his own private matter." Well, as far as the law of the land is concerned a man has a right to his religion and a right to keep it a secret, but as far as God is concerned, he has no right to keep it secret. The Great Commission by the dear Lord Jesus makes it so that the Christian is required to tell it wherever he goes, that he is a child of God. - John R. Rice [Great Truths for Soul Winners, pg. 191]
A study of the New Testament makes it clear that no one was ever baptized except those who claimed to be saved. In the New Testament no one was ever baptized in order to be saved. When the Pharisees and Sadducees came to John in the wilderness to be baptized of him, he rebuked them boldly and said, "Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance." He would not baptize people who did not give evidence of having repented. - John R. Rice [Great Truths for Soul Winners, pg. 219]
Jesus said, "For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed. . . ." Christ and the Bible are identified in this matter. One cannot be true to Christ without being true to the Bible. One cannot deny Christ without denying the Bible. - John R. Rice [Great Truths for Soul Winners, pg. 234]
There is no way to be true to Christ without being true to His Word. One cannot fully confess Christ before men without standing up for the Word of God. - John R. Rice [Great Truths for Soul Winners, pg. 239]
When denominational leaders called on me and warned me in 1926 in Fort Worth that, should I continue my testimony about modernism and evolutionary teaching in Baylor University, they would see that doors were closed against me, see that I was publicly renounced, and could not get revival openings--I found, thank God, that God opened the doors for me all over America! Those who claim Christ need not fear. Those who stand up boldly for Christ at great cost may be assured that God is faithful. Every hair on your head is counted. You are worth more to God than many of the little sparrows He watches so carefully, worth more than all the millions of wild flowers which He clothes so beautifully! So fear not! Stand up for Jesus! Do not be ashamed. - John R. Rice [Great Truths for Soul Winners, pg. 245]
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