Inspirational Quotes by John Wesley
“Es indudable y evidente que no son cristianos si creemos lo que ha dicho el Señor: los cristianos viven en santidad, ellos viven en iniquidad; los cristianos aman a Dios, ellos aman al mundo; los cristianos son humildes, ellos son orgullosos; los cristianos son amables, ellos son impulsivos; los cristianos tienen el sentir que hubo también en Cristo Jesús,19 ellos están muy lejos de alcanzarlo. Por lo tanto son tan cristianos como son arcángeles. Sin embargo, creen que lo son y pueden presentar numerosas razones para probarlo. En primer lugar, durante toda su vida los han llamado así, y fueron bautizados hace muchos años; han adoptado «las ideas cristianas», comúnmente llamadas fe cristiana o católica; usan «formas de culto cristianas», como lo hicieron sus padres antes que ellos, y, finalmente, viven una «buena vida cristiana» al igual que el resto de sus vecinos. ¿Quién, entonces, se atreverá a pensar o decir que estas personas no son cristianas? Sin embargo, no tienen un ápice de auténtica fe en Cristo o de verdadera santidad interior. ¡Jamás han experimentado el amor de Dios o fueron hechos partícipes del Espíritu Santo!20 17. ¡Pobre gente! No hacen otra cosa que engañarse a sí mismos. Ustedes no son cristianos; son entusiastas en grado sumo. Me podrán decir: «Médico, cúrate a ti mismo».21 De acuerdo, pero primero deben conocer qué enfermedad tienen. Toda su vida se reduce al entusiasmo, en el sentido de que viven imaginando que recibieron la gracia de Dios cuando no es así. Como consecuencia de este tremendo error, continúan equivocándose día tras día, hablando y actuando bajo una apariencia que en verdad no les pertenece. De aquí surge esa incoherencia tan palpable y visible que atraviesa todas sus acciones, y que es una extraña mezcla de paganismo real y cristianismo imaginario. Sin embargo, como tienen a la gran mayoría de su lado, guiándose por los números siempre podrán argumentar que son las únicas personas en su sano juicio, y que son dementes quienes no compartan sus ideas. Pero esto no altera la verdadera naturaleza de las cosas. Ante los ojos de Dios y de sus ángeles, y aun ante los hijos de Dios en la tierra, ustedes no son otra cosa que dementes, entusiastas nada más.”
“Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may.”
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“The obedience of Christ was far more acceptable to God, than the innocence of Adam; so that a thousand such as Adam could not have equalled Christ alone. For however he, had he continued in the state of innocence, would have left us an hereditary righteousness, of which we should have been possessed: notwithstanding, unspeakably greater, and more excellent, is our union with God in Christ, since he being made man, hath so purified and exalted the human nature in himself, that the primitive state of Adam is not once to be compared with it.”
“Besides God, nothing should live in man; besides God, nothing should in man put forth itself: nothing but God himself should appear, operate, will, love, think, speak, act and triumph in him. For if any thing else besides God does move and work in man, then man cannot be the image of God; but he is become the image of THAT whatever it be, which now moveth and worketh in him. If man therefore would continue the image of God, there is a necessity for him to surrender up himself wholly to God.”
“We will "live eternally with Peter, Paul, Austin, Chrysostom, Jerome, Wickliffe, Luther, Zuinglius, Calvin, Beza, Bullinger. . . Latimer(69) [.]”
“Even innocent Adam is liker to forget God in a paradise, than Joseph in a prison, or Job upon a dunghill(376)[.]”
“Till thou hast learned to suffer from a saint a well as from the wicked, and to be abused by the godly as well as the ungodly, never look to live a contented or comfortable life, nor ever think thou has truly learned the art of suffering (383).”
“That physician is no better than a murderer, that negligently delayeth till his patient be dead or past cure (389).”
“Lothness to displease men, makes us undo them (394).”
“Sure, if you saw your friend in hell, you would persuade him hard to come thence, if that would serve ; and why do you not now persuade him to prevent it? The charity of our ignorant forefathers may rise up in judgment against us, and condemn us. They would give all their estates almost, for so many masses, or pardons, to deliver the souls of their friends from a feigned purgatory, and we will not so much as importunately admonish and entreat them, to save theme from the certain flames of hell ; though this may be effectual to do them good, and the other will do none (403). Hadst thou rather he should burn for ever in hell, than thou shouldst lose his favour, or the maintenance thou hast from him? (408)”
“If God had bid you give them all your estates to own them, or lay down your lives to save them, sure you would have refused, when you will not bestow a little breath to save them? Is not the soul of a husband, or wife, or child, or neighbour, worth a few words? It is worth this, or it is worth nothing. . . . If you did know their misery, you would now do more to bring them out of hell (409). (III.XIII)”
“The sea is an excellent figure of the fulness of God, and that of the blessed Spirit. For as the rivers all return into the sea; so the bodies, the souls, and the good works of the righteous, return into God, to live there in his eternal repose.”
“As no good is done, or spoken, or thought by any man without the assistance of God, working in and with those that believe in him, so there is no evil done, or spoken, or thought without the assistance of the devil, who worketh with strong though secret power in the children of unbelief. All the works of our evil nature are the work of the devil.”
“All outward means of grace, if separate from the spirit of God, cannot profit, or conduce, in any degree, either to the knowledge or love of God. All outward things, unless he work in them and by them, are in vain.”
“The best helps to growth in grace are the ill usage, the affronts, and the losses which befall us. We should receive them with all thankfulness, as preferable to all others, were it only on this account, -- that our will has no part therein.”
“One of the greatest evidences of God's love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.”
“Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can.”
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“Blessed Jesus... teach me that prayer is not only a thing of times and seasons, but that is the outflowing of a life in You ... I am a child and have a child's liberty of access; in You I have the spirit of Sonship and of worship of truth... And let the infinite Fatherliness of God's heart be my joy and my strength for a life of prayer and of worship. (Andrew Murray)”
“Blessed is the man who is not staggered by God's delay or silence or apparent refusal; blessed is he who is strong in faith, giving glory to God. Such faith perseveres, if need be, and cannot fail to inherit the blessing. (Andrew Murray)”
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John Wesley (1703 - 1791)
Was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to Whitefield's Calvinism, Wesley embraced the Arminian doctrines that were dominant in the 18th-century Church of England. Methodism in both forms became a highly successful evangelical movement in Britain, which encouraged people to experience Jesus Christ personally.Wesley helped to organise and form societies of Christians throughout Great Britain, North America and Ireland as small groups that developed intensive, personal accountability, discipleship and religious instruction among members. His great contribution was to appoint itinerant, unordained preachers who travelled widely to evangelise and care for people in the societies. Under Wesley's direction, Methodists became leaders in many social issues of the day, including the prison reform and abolitionism movements.
John Wesley was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, with founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to George Whitefield's Calvinism (which later led to the forming of the Calvinistic Methodists), Wesley embraced Arminianism. Methodism in both forms was a highly successful evangelical movement in the United Kingdom, which encouraged people to experience Christ personally.
Wesley believed that this doctrine should be constantly preached, especially among the people called Methodists. In fact, he contended that the purpose of the Methodist movement was to "spread scriptural holiness across England."
Throughout his life, Wesley remained within the Church of England and insisted that his movement was well within the bounds of the Anglican tradition. His maverick use of church policy put him at odds with many within the Church of England, though toward the end of his life he was widely respected.
John Wesley was the founder of the Methodist movement which grew from the 'Holy Club' of his Oxford friends into a great religious revival. An indefatigable traveller, preacher and writer, Wesley averaged 8,000 miles a year on horseback and gave 15 sermons a week. The reluctance of the Anglican clergy to lend him their pulpits led him to give some of his sermons in the open air, a decision which enabled him to reach those among the poorer sections of society who were not accustomed to going to church.