Powerful Quotes arranged by Rev. L. Goodwin

January 26, 2008 at 7:27 pm (Quotes)

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Rev. E. Anderson

QUOTES 

MISSION AND EVANGELISM  

“Evangelism is a cross in the heart of God.”Leighton Ford 

“The Church has nothing to do but to save souls; therefore spend & be spent in this work.”John Wesley 

“Too many Christians are no longer fishers of men but keepers of the aquarium.”Paul Harvey 

A voice from eternity:

You lived next door to me for years

We shared our dreams, our joys, our tears,

A friend to me you were indeed –A friend who helped me when in need.

My faith in you was strong and sure

We had such trust as should endure,

No spats between us ever rose

Our friends were alike, also our foes.

What sadness, then, my friend, to find

That after all, you weren’t so kind.

The day my life on earth did end

I found you weren’t a faithful friend…

For all those years we spent on earth,You never talked of Second Birth,You never spoke of my lost soul

And of the Christ Who’d make me whole.

I plead today from hell’s cruel fire

And tell you now my last desire, You cannot do a thing for me,

No words today my bonds will free.But do not err, my friend, again,

Do all you can for souls of men,

Plead with them now quite earnestlyLest they be cast in hell with me. 

“The gospel is not something we go to Church to hear; it is something we go from Church to tell.”Anon 

“Nothing else is any substitute for the daily unspectacular witness of the rank and file Christian.” D. Winter 

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Illustrations of Note provided by Rev. E. Anderson

January 26, 2008 at 7:19 pm (Illustrations)

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Rev. E. Anderson

BRIDGE 

Of recent months I have been over three outstanding bridges, the Firth Bridge in Scotland, the Humber in Yorkshire and the one in Kiev in the Ukraine. All three of them are terrific works of skill and craftsmanship, to the architects and builders. One cannot be but impressed by the sight of them and realize they perform a tremendous service to countless thousands. They have been built at enormous expense and demanded a great deal in time, toil and labour. 

Each of them span an enormous chasm and make it possible for motorists and vehicles to pass over without difficulty from one side to the other. How glad and grateful that a journey can be cut by hours because they exist to provide a quick route from place to place! It is helpful to take full use of the service they provide. 

It has to be said there was a great need for a bridge to be erected so that God and man could be brought together. Because sin entered the human race and infected all mankind there has been an enormous spiritual break and chasm between the Creator and the creature. Something special was needed in order to bring both into relationship again so that there could be profitable and pleasurable fellowship between both. It seemed an impossible task because of the big gulf that existed. But something urgent needed to be done. 

Certainly, it has been hopeless from man’s angle to bridge the gap! He is so weak and inept by reason of his sinful nature that he could not make a way over the vast, spiritual expanse. Left to himself man has not the ability or capacity to stretch out and reach God ina personal and positive accord. 

But God is a bridge–builder. He has built the bridge of a lifetime through His Son Jesus Christ.When He was born He was the God-Man, God manifest in the flesh, and it was His task to construct a way by which all men could truly come to God. He did this by stretching himself out on the Cross to become man’s Saviour. By means of His death He made it possible for every man to be forgiven and cleansed of all His sins. The righteous One died for the unrighteous to make them righteous.  

But then He rose from death to be its master and to extend the offer to come personally into the lives of those who would receive Him to give them His life so that they could live His life and cross the bridge and know dynamic fellowship with God. Christ is the real and only bridge between God and man and all need to come to Him, know His forgiveness and cross over through Him into a happy and holy accord with God. It was at vast cost that God caused this bridge to be established in time for all sinners and you need to cross into His presence and know Him through Jesus Christ. 

Once this happens, every Christian the, in some respects becomes a bridge. We become a means through God by which other people can cross over and come to know Christ. Every Christian believer must be a means by which those who do not know God come to know Him and are able to see this big bridge that He has constructed for all to pass over into a  living, vibrant accord with himself.

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