Wisdom of the Ages – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Wisdom of the Ages

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Wisdom of the Ages – Hudson Taylor

Wisdom of the Ages

Hudson Taylor

“While salvation is a free gift, the ‘winning Christ’ can only be through unreserved consecration and unquestioning obedience. Nor is this a hardship, but the highest privilege”
– Hudson Taylor

“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ
– Philippians 3:8

Wisdom of the Ages – George MacDonald

Wisdom of the Ages

G. MacDonald

“If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God,
and he that does not live to God, is dead.”
– George MacDonald

Wisdom of the Ages – Alexander MacLaren

Wisdom of the Ages

alexander-maclaren

“The root of all steadfastness is in consecration to God.”
Alexander MacLaren

“Remembering without ceasing your work of faith,
and labour of love, and patience (steadfastness) of hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ”
1 Thessalonians 1:3

 

Wisdom of the Ages – Jacob Boehme

Wisdom of the Ages

Jacob Boehme

“A Christian is he who lives in Christ, and in whom Christ’s power is active. He must feel the divine fire of love burn in his heart. This fire is the Spirit of Christ, who continually crushes the head of the serpent, meaning the desires of the flesh. The flesh is governed by the will of the world; but the spiritual fire in man is kindled by the Spirit. He who wants to become a Christian must not boast and say: ‘I am a Christian!’ but he should desire to become one, and prepare all the conditions necessary that the Christ may live in him. Such a Christian will perhaps be hated and persecuted by the nominal Christians of his time; but he must bear his cross, and thereby he will become strong”
– Jacob Boehme