George Whitefield
George Whitefield
George Whitefield, also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican cleric who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain and, especially, in the American colonies. Born in Gloucester, England, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford University, where he met the Wesley brothers. He was one of the founders of Methodism and of the evangelical movement generally. In 1740, Whitefield traveled to America, where he preached a series of revivals that came to be known as the "Great Awakening". Whitefield was...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth16 December 1714
I offer you salvation this day; the door of mercy is not yet shut, there does yet remain a sacrifice for sin, for all that will accept of the Lord Jesus Christ. He will embrace you in the arms of His love.
Open your hearts as wide as ever you will, the Spirit of the Lord shall fill them.
O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham, and believe whatever is revealed from God, though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son, and therefore believed, notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections.
Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least.
We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.
Why fear ye that the Lord Jesus Christ will not accept of you? Your sins will be no hindrance, your unworthiness no hindrance; if your own corrupt hearts do not keep you back, nothing will hinder Christ from receiving of you.
I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.
The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have dead men preaching to them. How can dead men beget living children?
God, give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst!
And now let me address all of you, high and low, rich and poor, one with another, to accept of mercy and grace while it is offered to you; Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation; and will you not accept it, now it is offered unto you?
You may have orthodox heads, and yet you may have the devil in your hearts.
I would rather wear out than rust out.
My prayer today is that God would make me an extraordinary Christian.
There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people.