John Wesley

John Wesley “Therefore I cannot
spare the Law one moment, no more than I
can spare Christ, seeing I now want it as much
to keep me to Christ, as I ever wanted it to
bring me to Him. Otherwise this ‘evil heart of
unbelief’ would immediately ‘depart from the
living God.’ Indeed each is continually sending
me to the other—the Law to Christ, and Christ
to the Law.”

“Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God,
and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen, such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of God upon earth.” John Wesley

I desire to have both heaven and hell
in my eye.
JOHN WESLEY

“The very first end of the Law
[is], namely, convicting men of
sin; awakening those who are
still asleep on the brink of hell . . . The ordinary
method of God is to convict sinners by
the Law, and that only. The gospel is not the
means which God hath ordained, or which
our Lord Himself used, for this end.” John
Wesley

John Wesley “The first use of [the Law], without question,
is to convince the world of sin. By this is the
sinner discovered to himself. All his fig-leaves
are torn away, and he sees that he is
‘wretched and poor and miserable, blind and
naked.’ The Law flashes conviction on every
side. He feels himself a mere sinner. He has
nothing to pay. His ‘mouth is stopped’ and
he stands ‘guilty before God.’”

“To slay the sinner is then the
first use of the Law, to destroy
the life and strength wherein
he trusts and convince him that he is dead
while he lives; not only under the sentence
of death, but actually dead to God, void of
all spiritual life, dead in trespasses and sins.”
John Wesley

“. . . when Felix sent for Paul, on purpose that he might ‘hear him concerning the faith in Christ;’ instead of preaching Christ in your sense (which would probably have caused the Governor, either to mock or to contradict and blaspheme,) ‘he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come,’ till Felix (hardened as he was) ‘trembled,’ (Acts 24:24-25). Go thou and tread in his steps. Preach Christ to the careless sinner, by reasoning ‘of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come!’” John Wesley

“Receive every inward and outward trouble, every disappointment, pain, uneasiness, temptation, darkness and desolation with both hands, as to a true opportunity and blessed occasion of dying to self and entering into a fuller fellowship with thy self-denying, suffering Savior.” John Wesley

“You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.” John Wesley

“The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.” John Wesley

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.” John Wesley

“Therefore I cannot spare the Law one
moment, no more than I can spare Christ,
seeing I now want it as much to keep me to
Christ, as I ever wanted it to bring me to
Him. Otherwise this ‘evil heart of unbelief’
would immediately ‘depart from the living
God.’ Indeed each is continually sending me
to the other—the Law to Christ, and Christ
to the Law.” John Wesley

“It is the ordinary method of
the Spirit of God to convict sinners
by the Law. It is this which,
being set home on the conscience, generally
breaketh the rocks in pieces. It is more especially
this part of the Word of God which is
quick and powerful, full of life and energy
and sharper than any two-edged sword.”
John Wesley

“Before I can preach love, mercy, and
grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment.”
John Wesley

“If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then ‘Let your light shine to all.’ Miss no opportunity to do good.” John Wesley

Bear up the hands that hang down,
by faith and prayer;
support the tottering knees.
Have you any days
of fasting and prayer?
Storm the throne of grace
and persevere therein,
and mercy will come down.
John Wesley
1703-1791
British Evangelist
And Founder of Methodism

I fear the preachers have been more studious to please than to awaken, or there would have been a deeper work.
John Wesley
1703-1791
British Evangelist
and Founder of Methodism

“Receive every inward and outward trouble, every disappointment, pain, uneasiness, temptation, darkness and desolation with both hands, as to a true opportunity and
blessed occasion of dying to self and entering into a fuller fellowship with thy self-denying, suffering Savior.”
JOHN WESLEY