What They Said

"The gospel of Christ, the glorious gospel of the blessed God (1 Tim. i. 11), is the only effectual mean for reforming mankind. “

"What people need is the gospel, not directions for saving themselves but knowledge of how God has saved them."

“Such are the blessed effects of the Gospel, when it comes with power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. It invariably produces works of faith, labours of love, and patience of hope. It brings glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, and good will towards men. It turns the lion into the lamb; the desert into the garden of the Lord. It converts the impure and savage heart into a habitation, meet for the mild and holy Dove. Old things pass away—and behold, all things become new.”

Do you imagine that the Gospel is magnified or God glorified by going to worldlings and telling them that they “may be saved at this moment by simply accepting Christ as their personal Savior” while they are wedded to their idols and their hearts are still in love with sin? If I do so, I tell them a lie, pervert the Gospel, insult Christ, and turn the grace of God into lasciviousness. 

"To pretend to preach the truth without offending carnal men, is to pretend to be able to do what Jesus Christ could not do."

"Christ's riches are unsearchable, and this doctrine of the gospel is the field this treasure is hidden in."