John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Will you notice they are cast into the lake of fire unsaved. Fire? Yes. Literal fire in Hell? Yes, that is what the Bible says. It says it not one time, not ten times, not twenty or thirty times, but again and again and again. The rich man in Luke 16 said, "I am tormented in this flame." The Scripture speaks of "cast into hellfire." It says it is better to pluck out your eye or cut off your hand or foot, rather than be cast into the fire having two eyes, two hands, two feet. I do not know any way to show the awful punishment of eternal banishment from God, tormented in flame; but there it is. - John R. Rice 

You say you cannot understand it. I cannot understand how the three Hebrew children, cast into the burning fiery furnace in Daniel, were not burned up, but they were not. Though their bonds were burned off, there was no smell of fire on their garments. I do not understand but I know what God says is true. There is a lake of fire, and Christ-rejecting sinners who won't get saved are going to that lake of fire.
Friend, trust Christ today! - John R. Rice 

You say, "Brother Rice, in America...." Yes, I know. An ungodly she-infidel devil didn't want to have the Bible in schools; her son was embarrassed to hear anybody pray; so she raised a lot of money and went to the Supreme Court and argued and pushed until that left-wing Supreme Court under Warren passed a rule that we couldn't have Bible reading in schools. couldn't have any volunteer prayers in schools.
You say there ought to be an amendment to the Constitution that we canhave prayer and Bible reading in the schools. Yes, there ought to be. But there probably won't be for a long time. Why? Because you backsliders are not for it. You don't even have it in your home. And if you won't take the time to read the Bible and pray in your own home, then you don't really care about whether you have it in the schools.
Oh, we need in America godly homes that read the Bible and pray and raise children to love and respect the Bible.
In your home there is no law to keep you from reading the Bible. The truth is, the communists and the infidels and left-wingers and YOU are just about to take America to Hell. You don't have manhood enough to put God in the family, have Bible reading and prayer in your home. Oh, you must answer for your children! - John R. Rice

Christ was judged for us. He bore our sins. He was punished for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. Oh, we have all gone astray. But the Lord laid on Him the sins of us all. So Christ is judged in taking the sinner's place. And those of us who will take Christ have escaped judgment. He bore our sins and our damnation. How often this is discussed in the Bible.  - John R. Rice

Do you know why, when He was accused, He opened not His mouth? He could have convinced them. Pilate said, "There is not anything wrong with this Man." He could have insisted. He could have spoken out boldly. In the Garden of Gethsemane, when they came and wanted to arrest Him they fell backward, and again and again when men wanted to stone Him they could not! Why, the Lord could have said the word and gone free. But if He answered and excused Himself and got Himself out, then I would go to Hell, and so would every poor sinner in the world. Jesus did not answer because He took the sinner's place. - John R. Rice

When I got off a plane going to a revival campaign in Oakland, California, I was carrying heavy equipment- dictating machine, records, books, etc., and I fell and broke my knee. There is a knot there yet. But that will be changed, and all the other things that are wrong with me. This broken nose I got in football is crooked. I fell and lost my sense of smell in 1957. Now I wear a hearing aid. All that will be gone. I will be, I think, young and vigorous, just as vigorous as when I played college football and when I rode broncs in West Texas, etc.
But Jesus will be the only One in Heaven with scars, because Jesus will be the only One who was counted a sinner. I am counted righteous. - John R. Rice

Sometimes our Arminian brethren may say, "But, Brother Rice, listen. If you don't hold out faithful, you are not worthy of salvation." I did not start worthy of it. I never was worthy of salvation. I never did deserve it. I don't deserve it now. If I got my desserts, I would go to Hell. But I am not getting my desserts; I am getting Jesus' desserts. I am getting what He paid for, and what was counted His is now counted mine. And the righteousness of Jesus Christ is become my righteousness, and my sin became His sin, and He paid with blood and tears and torment, and the damnation of Hell was upon Him, and God turned His face away and let Jesus die. Jesus paid my debt, and so I am not condemned. - John R. Rice

Quotes of the Week

No brat is cute. - Evangelist Bill Rice III


If a person believes the first verse of the Bible, he should be able to believe all other verses in the Bible, no matter what men or devils can say to the contrary. - Dr. Henry M. Morris

Salvation is simple, but not shallow. - Unknown

Christians are citizens of a country we've never been to, homesick for a place we've never been, and children of a Father we've never seen. - Unknown

We gain more in Christ than we lost in Adam. - Unknown

If you give because it pays- it will not pay. R. G. LeTourneau


A person does not go to Heaven because of how good he is, but because of how gracious God is. - Evangelist Wil Rice

You can only please God in life as you please God in your role in the home. - Wil Rice

Life does not so much hinge upon the things you want but the decisions you make. - Wil Rice

Giving the Gospel is not a matter of personality or ability. Giving the Gospel is a matter of obedience. - Wil Rice

3 GREAT THEMES IN JOHN’S 3 EPISTLES

I, II, & III JOHN


Pastor Rick Jackson


Of course there are many great themes in these books. The return of Christ, the defeat of Satan, the old and new natures, the blessed Trinity and so many, so many more. But we are going to center on these three!


I. I JOHN PRESENTS THE GREAT THEME OF CHRIST’S SALVATION


1. Only Christ can Save Helpless Sinners [1:5-10]


2. Only Christ could Satisfy the Huge Sin Debt [2:2, 4:9-10]


3. Only Christ can Secure the Human Saints [3:23-24, 4:13-15, 5:1a, 4-5, 9-13]


II. II JOHN PRESENTS THE GREAT THEME OF CHRIST’S DEITY


1. Christ became Fully Man [v.  7]


2. Christ is Fully God [v. 9, Jn. 1:1-3, 14]


3. Christ’s Deity Is NOT an Optional Doctrine [v. 9-11]


III. III JOHN PRESENTS THE GREAT THEME OF CHRIST’S TRUTH


1. Truth Produces Joy [v. 2-4]


2. Truth Should be Supported [v. 5-8]


3. Truth Produces Good Reports [v. 12 ]

Blogging and Slogging

On April 12, 2006 I had my first post as a blogger. This was the post:

A New Day Dawning

A father was talking to his son and he told him quite emphatically, "Your mother and I have learned that you have been blogging. We don't know what it is but we want you to stop immediately!"

An acquaintance of mine had been kind enough to blog a few of my outlines, howbeit they had to be edited for size. In some cases it had changed the direction of the whole message. Now I don't blame them for this, had to be done for size, etc. but why not blog my own, then I have control over the direction, the diction, and yes, the occasional disaster! So here we are, a new day dawning.

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It was a Wednesday. I actually did 3 other posts that first day. After over 10 years and 68,855 posts I hope I might be a little wiser as well as 10 years older. Maybe so, maybe not. Lost and gained readers over the years- some have progressed to Glory. Well- if the Lord tarries His coming and gives me the strength and something to say... here's to 68, 855 more. [hoists a plastic bottle in the air and then takes sip of Diet Coke]. God bless you friends.

PRIESTS, PEOPLE AND THAT PROPHET

DEUTERONOMY 18

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE TRIBE OF LEVI [v. 1-8]

1. Their Inheritance [v. 1-2]

2. Their Due [v. 3-5]

3. Their Dedication [v. 6-8]

II. THE PECULIAR PEOPLE [v. 9-14]

1. Don’t Learn Heathen Ways [v. 9, Eph. 5:6-14]

2. Don’t Follow Heathen Practices [v. 10-12, Eph. 5:15-20]

3. Be a Peculiar People [v. 13-14, 14:2, Titus 2:14]

III. THAT PROPHET & THOSE PROPHETS

1. That Prophet [v. 15-19, John 1:21, 25, 6:14, Acts 3:18-26]

2. False Prophets Speak in the Wrong Name [v. 20, Is. 8:19-20]

3. False Prophets Say Wrong Things [v. 21-22, Ps. 18:30]

AMERICAN DECLARATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE

                            Psalm 146                           

Pastor Rick Jackson

As we approach the 240th birthday of the United States of America let us take the time to consider some American Declarations in the light of Scripture.

I. "NO KING BUT JESUS" -A DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE

In the days of the early church many Christians died because they would not recognize Caesar as a god. They replied in effect, "We have no King but Jesus". In the 1700s when faced with the tyranny of an English crown many of the colonists took up the cry "NO KING BUT JESUS" before, during, and after the Revolutionary War! What did it mean to them and what should it mean to us?

1. We do believe in God (Ps. 146:1-5, Gn. 1:1, Heb. 11:6)

2. We do not believe in the divine right of kings (Ps. 146:3)

3. We do believe the Bible that Jesus is the coming King (Ps. 146:10, II Tm. 4:1)

II. NOT SO MODERN DECLARATIONS OF IGNORANCE

1. "We don't have to believe the Bible" (2 Tm. 3:16, Jn. 12:48)

2. "We don't have to believe in God" (Ps. 14:1, Rm. 1:18-23)

3. "We don't have to believe in Jesus" (Jn. 1:11-12, 14:1-6)

III. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

1. We believe in Creation (Ex. 20:11, Mt. 19:4-5)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator..."

2. We believe in Individual Rights (Mosaic Law, John 1:10-12)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men..."

3. We believe in Individual Responsibility (Matthew 12:36, Romans 14:12, 1 Pt. 4:3-6)

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

"We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

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John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Some will be saved, I say, during the great tribulation, but at what terrible cost! With churches closed, preachers gone, loved ones gone, they will be left as poor, crying babes in a wilderness of sin without a single man of God to teach them, without an older Christian to comfort them or give them strength. - John R. Rice

After studying the Scriptures which prove the imminence of Christ's coming, it becomes evident that the saints must be called out of the world before the great tribulation. In order that the rapture may be the great surprise which is foretold in the Scripture, then the rapture of the saints must be the next event prophesied in the Bible. It must come before the battle of Armageddon, come before the reign of the man of sin, or the great tribulation time. The thing that every Christian should watch for next is not the appearing of the Antichrist, not the restoration of the Roman Empire, not the mark of the Beast, not the great tribulation, not the last great war and the battle of Armageddon, and not the reign of Christ at Jerusalem; but the coming of Christ for His saints. - John R. Rice

To Paul was given the highest revelations in New Testament times, we suppose. He wrote fourteen books of the Bible (if we include as his the book of Hebrews, which I think we should). He was not only a great teacher, but was himself so filled with the Spirit that he was caught up into the third Heaven and received revelations that were not lawful to utter. He was the most used of God of any New Testament character, and will meet more souls whom he won to Christ than any other apostle. And it was constantly in the mind of Paul that Jesus would come, possibly in his lifetime, so he looked for Him steadily. - John R. Rice

To mention the name of God or of Christ without either sincerely honoring Him or without earnestly calling upon Him in reverent prayer is taking the name of God in vain. - John R. Rice

Only those who trust Jesus Christ as a personal Saviour from sin are saved and fit for Heaven. - John R. Rice

There is a divine rule that men are paid according to their works, and that men reap according to the way they sow, and that men have according to what they earn. That is what is wrong with socialism. People want to give everybody money and redistribute the wealth. That means take it away from the guy who earned it and give it to the guy who didn't. All socialism is crooked dishonesty. It is a kind of Karl Marx communism and socialism and so it is wrong, because even God holds to this rule: They get what they deserve, and earn what they get, and the wages are brought on time. - John R. Rice

As a young preacher I started out to preach on the general resurrection and the general judgment. I planned my sermon, then tried to find my text. I didn't know it then, but that would have been a pretext! I looked through the concordance. I thought, Now I know I have heard about a general resurrection and a general judgment. I had heard about it all right, but didn't read it in the Bible. It is not in the Bible. There is no general resurrection; there are two separate resurrections. The first resurrection is the Christian resurrection, part of it at the rapture, then when Christ comes back to reign on the earth, and those who died during the tribulation. The second resurrection i of the wicked dead who come to awful judgment at the end of the thousand years. . - John R. Rice