A curse is on the land that does not execute the murderer. A curse is on the land where innocent blood is shed and not avenged. The captivity of Judah was partly because of innocent bloodshed. Second Kings 24:3 and 4 says:
"Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon."
What about the nearly one million innocent unborn murdered every year in America? No wonder American blood stained the soil of Korea and Vietnam! God must have vengeance for innocent blood shed. - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 206-207] 1975
Thank God, Jesus is the Way. He said, I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
"What church shall I join?" Just join Jesus, then join some church to serve Him. But don't join any church to be saved; join Jesus Christ.
"What way shall I be baptized?" Don't be baptized to get to Heaven; get baptized after you have Jesus and salvation.
"What is the true doctrine?" No doctrine will take you to Heaven. the thing you need to do is come to Jesus and depend on Him. And when you take Him, you have it. - John R. Rice
One may speak against Christ and have forgiveness, but "whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him," we are told. I do not think He means simply saying some word about the Holy Spirit; I think that here the Lord Jesus meant that confrontation when the Spirit presses upon a man's conscience his need, his guilt, his awful danger, and when a man eventually, after long pleading, and after saying "No" many times, at last, so definitely, so deliberately, fights off the Holy Spirit that his will is hardened, his sinful state is congealed permanently, and the Holy Spirit at last, offended, goes away never to warn again. That is the unpardonable sin. - John R. Rice
Oh, these walls of jasper, those foundation stones of precious jewels! Those gates of pearl, those streets of gold! Oh, thou pure river of water of life flowing down from the throne, with the trees of life on either side bringing forth twelve manner of fruit, a fruit every month! Oh, that city where there is no night and no sin, no sorrow, no weeping any more! that city where the roses never fade, where old age never stiffens the limbs and dull the memory and dim the eye! that city where there is no need for the sun, for the Lord God and the Lamb are the light of it! Oh, beautiful, heavenly city prepared for all the saints of God! Heaven is calling. God wants you there, dear sinner. - John R. Rice
When a gift is offered free, you may do one of two things: you may take it gladly and say, "Thank you," or if you hate the one who offers it, you may turn it down- and that is what wicked men do when they reject salvation. But salvation is free, and Jesus knocks at your heart's door today, holding out to you salvation and forgiveness and eternal life and a home in Heaven. Oh, take it, friend, today; it is free! - John R. Rice
There is no use to try to live a Jesus-life without a Jesus-heart. To make New Year's resolutions and try to be good without having God fix the heart is like tying a different kind of fruit on the same old tree and claiming that the crab apple tree is now a Stark's Delicious. To expect to conquer sin and failure and frustration in one's life without a cure for the heart is like a wolf putting on a sheepskin and claiming to be a sheep. - John R. Rice
The poor, dissatisfied woman of Samaria at the well in Sychar had found no satisfaction in her five husbands and then in an affair with a man to whom she was not married. Whoever drinks of that water, like the water of Jacob's well, will thirst again. So, although the apostles could not understand why Jesus would talk to this shabby Samaritan woman, His heart saw her, convicted her, led her to see her sin and her need, and saved her. The compassionate Saviour is always seeking the heart that wants forgiveness and the man who wants a new heart and a new life. - John R. Rice
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