John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

 “But another question will answer this one: How can the Lord Jesus in Heaven be happy? Surely He knows all things here. He looked into Hell and heard the cries of the rich man tormented in flame. And He, with God the Father, knows the fall of every sparrow and numbers every hair on every head. He looks at the heart of every unrepentant sinner and grieves at the mistakes and failures of every Christian. Can Jesus be happy in Heaven? The Scripture answers: "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied" (Isa. 53:11). We know that Jesus on earth looked forward to the joy in Heaven, for we are told: "Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Heb. 12:2). Yes, Jesus, knowing all the wickedness of this world, is happy in Heaven. So are the saints in Heaven.” ― John R. Rice, Bible Facts About Heaven

“The rich man in Hell looked with the deepest concern upon the affairs of the earth and said, "I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment." He knew that his brethren had not repented. Abraham in Heaven knew more about it than the rich man did and said, "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." How strange that both Heaven and Hell look on with such intense concern for the conversion of the wicked here on earth while we who have an opportunity to warn them do so little about it!”

― John R. Rice, Bible Facts About Heaven

Malachi 2:16 says, "For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away." That means God hates divorce. And God warns that He is a witness between a man and the wife of his youth against whom he deals treacherously. Can God be unmoved, then, by the horrible crime of broken homes, orphaned children, the hate, the envies, the breaking down of morals that goes with the dissolving of the American home? If such sins led to chastisement and war in other countries, how can America escape? - John R. Rice [World-Wide War and the Bible, pg. 22]

Our youth grow up in homes without discipline, without restraint. There is no exercise of parental authority. Sins are not punished. Character is not developed. Our relief rolls are being augmented every year by the thousands who grow up without ever being taught to work. They have no initiative, no incentive, no self-respect or tradition that requires a man to work and make a living. The government owes everyone a living, they think. The youth are taught no fear of God. The family altar has been forsaken. There is no fear of death and hell and judgment. - John R. Rice [World-Wide War and the Bible, pg. 22]

The schools were once the foundation of American democracy. They were taught by honest, God-fearing men and women. Now they have been turned over to Bible-denying godless evolutionists. Children are taught even in the grade schools that the Bible is out of date, that miracles are impossible, that "science," so-called has superseded the Bible and that man is only part of the brute world. Even the Ten Commandments are laughed at in higher seats of learning in America. The universities and normal colleges where our teachers are trained are often tainted with communism and ultra-liberalism. - John R. Rice [World-Wide War and the Bible, pg. 23-24]

I love America. I am for the American way of life, meaning our freedom, our individual enterprise, our "horse-and-buggy" constitution, if it be that. But America must decline from her place of world eminence and world power. That is plainly foretold in the Bible.

Do not misunderstand me. America is not named in the prophecies. Neither directly nor indirectly is America, as a separate nation, discussed in the Bible. Yet there are certain prophecies that specifically mention the whole world, including America, that show the outcome of world affairs. - John R. Rice [World-Wide War and the Bible, pg. 26]

Christians, let us confess our own sins to God. Let us earnestly and tearfully confess the sins of our loved ones, of our families, of our nation. Let us seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Let us drop our hate and our criticism of other fundamental Christians who are truly born again and who truly love the Lord Jesus and believe His book, the Bible. Let us make restitution for sins committed, be reconciled to brothers offended. Let us pay debts that we owe and confess wrongs we have done. - John R. Rice [World-Wide War and the Bible, pg. 29]