John Wesley
John Wesley
John Wesleywas an Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, is credited with the foundation of Methodism. His work and writings also played a leading role in the development of the Holiness movement and Pentecostalism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth28 June 1703
devil sour theologian
A sour religion is the devil's religion.
grace affliction bears
One of the greatest evidences of God's love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.
life heaven sides
The case is this: God offers you one of the greatest mercies on this side of heaven and commands you to accept it. Why do you not accept this mercy in obedience to His command.... God offers you a pardon for all your sins.
loss grace growth
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.
passion fire people
When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.
life sunday order
I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which Whitfield set me an example on Sunday; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church.
heart christ salvation
I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation.
goal priorities firsts
The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.
writing years shame
Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.
attitude wall cows
Do you know why that cow looks over that wall? She looks over the wall because she cannot see through it, and that is what you must do with your troubles... Look over and above them.
afternoon four salvation
At four in the afternoon, I submitted to be more vile and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation.
inspiration heart firsts
God would first, by this inspiration of his Spirit, have wrought in our hearts that holy love without which none can enter into glory.
mean judging world
I look on all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation.
running race universal-love
And now run the race which is set before thee, in the royal way of universal love.