Archibald Alexander Quotes
Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are.
No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
A church has no right to make anything a condition of membership, which Christ has not made a condition of salvation.
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.
All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."
God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.
Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God, as known from reason, conscience, and revelation.
Now, my friend, I beg you to consider that this blindness and unyielding hardness is the very core of your iniquity, and to be convinced that you are thus blind and stupid is true conviction of sin.
Conviction, then, is no part of a sinner’s salvation—but the clear practical knowledge of the fact that he cannot save himself, and is entirely dependent on the saving grace of God.
