“How is it, then, that so many in the evangelical church are unaware of their sin and unmarked by confession? It is because they are largely unconverted.”

“If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for.”

“these teachings of Christ and the apostles are not denials of the essential Christian doctrine of justification by faith alone. They are simply affirming the universal truth that the inward reality of a thing is revealed by its accompanying character and deeds.”

“Very few have heard that without holiness or sanctification no one will see the Lord.”

“If even the most emphatic and frequent confession of the lordship of Jesus Christ is not evidence of true conversion, then what is?”

“We have learned of three vital characteristics of God’s new covenant people: first, those who are truly Christians will possess one heart and unite in their affections for God and for one another. Second, they will possess one way or a singularity of purpose and conduct: they will be followers of Jesus Christ. Third, they will be marked by a genuine fear of the Lord, which will result in their own blessing and the blessing of those after them.”

“Therefore, Christians are viewed as those who have merely changed their minds rather than those who have been transformed by the power of God into new creatures with new natures resulting in new and righteous affections.”

“We no longer think the need to examine and test ourselves to see if we are in the faith is necessary.23 Thus, the carnal sing the songs of Zion, thinking they have heaven as a future home, even though this world has their present heart.”

“It seems that the evangelical community no longer views conversion primarily as a supernatural work of God wrought through the miracle of the new birth.”

“We will not because we cannot, and we cannot because we are new creatures who are no longer able to live without the light of God’s presence or to endure the darkness and filth of this age.”

“The rampant rebellion in much of Western evangelicalism is not because the new covenant is no better than the old is or because it shares some of the same weaknesses. On the contrary, apathy, materialism, and rebellion have occurred because many who profess Christ are not really of Christ, and much of what is called the church is not the true, living church at all.”

“They are a new people who desire God and delight in His law, not because they come from better stock than the nation of Israel but because the Holy Spirit has recreated them.”

“First, the vast number of carnal people who identify themselves with the church is the result of the unbiblical gospel preached from most evangelical pulpits.”

“We rarely mention the radical depravity of man and the heinous nature of his sin or expound it to wound the conscience. We have replaced the call to repentance and faith with the repetition of a prayer.”

“Preachers rarely proclaim the apostolic message that demanded that people “should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance” (Acts 26:20).”

“one of the great lessons learned by any true pilgrim of the narrow way is that God will go to the greatest lengths and spare no expense to make His children holy.”

“In Whitefield’s day, carnal people found assurance in their baptism and confirmation. In our day, the same kind of carnal people find their assurance in the apparent sincerity of a decision they once made and a prayer they once prayed.”

“Many preachers today now present the gospel as a series of concise, convenient statements that, while inherently true, are often left unexplained and hollowed of their true evangelical meaning and power.”

“The erroneous, but prevailing theory of the day is that church must look as much like the world as possible in order to be relevant and reach people for Christ. Thus, we change our look, our services, and our focus. We become interested in things that interest carnal people so that they will become interested in us. This is a grave error.”

“They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. —Jeremiah 32:38–39”