Wisdom of the Ages
“Men are God’s method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men”
E.M. Bounds
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Wisdom of the Ages – Frank Bartleman
Wisdom of the Ages
“A revival almost always begins among the laity. The ecclesiastical leaders seldom welcome reformation. History repeats itself. The present leaders are too comfortably situated as a rule to desire innovation that might require sacrifice on their part. And God’s fire only falls on sacrifice. An empty altar receives no fire!”
– Frank Bartleman – Participant of the Azusa Revival
“A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?”
– Jeremiah 5:30-31
Wisdom of the Ages – Charles Finney
Wisdom of the Ages
“You hear the word, and believe it in theory, while you deny it in practice. I say to you, that “you deceive yourselves”
– Charles Finney
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”
– James 1:22
Wisdom of the Ages – Derek Prince
Wisdom of the Ages
“A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless and insincere”
Derek Prince
“But wilt thou know, O vain man,
that faith without works is dead?”
– James 2:20
Wisdom of the Ages – Brian Troxel
“But none of these things move me”
Acts 20:24
The immovable walk of God’s own is a confidence born of true humility, for they who have ceased to rely upon themselves have found the everlasting arms of God Himself to be their hope, their strength and their very life…
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry…”
Colossians 3:4-5
It is in our undoing that we are made –
“for when I am weak, then am I strong”
2 Corinthians 12:10
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