The Lord Jesus died for the ungodly. He was obedient at all costs : He bore everything, and went down into the dust of death, man’s hatred, God’s desertion, and Satan’s power ; we find Him there at the cost of everything. Everything that was against us was done away. By one man’s obedience many are made righteous.
John Nelson Darby (Bible Teacher, 1800 – 1882)
Be assured that God does more in us than we for Him; and that what we do is only for Him in proportion as it is He Himself who works it in us.
John Nelson Darby (Bible Teacher, 1800 – 1882)
If we wait upon God, there is no danger. If we rush on, He must let us see the consequences of it.
John Nelson Darby (Bible Teacher, 1800 – 1882)
The presence of the Holy Spirit is the keystone of all our hopes.
John Nelson Darby (Bible Teacher, 1800 – 1882)
God’s ways are behind the scenes, but He moves all the scenes which He is behind.
John Nelson Darby (Bible Teacher, 1800 – 1882)
God-sent ministry, heeded and bowed to, leads to enlargement and blessing; but the Spirit’s testimony rejected increases the guilt of him who hardens himself against it, and makes his condition far worse than before. It is ever the case that light refused makes the darkness all the deeper. Hence the need of a tender conscience, quick to respond to every word from God.
H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)
To tell a man who has no realization that he is lost, that he may be saved by faith in Christ, means nothing to him, however true and blessed the fact is in itself.
H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)
Real worship is that of the heart.
H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)
To the lover of the Lord Jesus Christ there can be nothing legal about baptism. It is simply the glad expression of a grateful heart recognizing its identity with Christ in death, burial, and resurrection. Many of us look back to the moment when we were thus baptized as one of the most precious experiences we have ever known.
H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)
The Apostle Peter preaching on the day of Pentecost of the risen Savior, says, “God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.” And He speaks of Him as the anointed One, exalted at God’s right hand. The Gospel is the Gospel of the Risen Christ. There would be no Gospel for sinners if Christ had not been raised. So the apostle says, “If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins”
H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)