Christian Quote by John R. Rice

“This world is only an anteroom of the next. This short life is incidental compared with eternity. This world is not home to the Christian.” quote by John R. Rice — Download Open image

““This world is only an anteroom of the next. This short life is incidental compared with eternity. This world is not home to the Christian.””

John R. Rice

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“The so-called "social gospel" lays stress upon this life, not on the next. In many quarters it is now regarded as very old-fashioned and passe' to urge people to prepare to die. Social security, better housing, relief for tenant farmers, better living conditions for the poor and the care of underprivileged children—these have occupied so much of the teaching and…

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I want no Christmas without a burden for lost souls, a message for sinners, a heart to bring in the lost sheep so dear…

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This world loses its appeal when the steps become tottering, when the hearing becomes dim, when the faded eyes cannot see as they once…

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You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift.

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“Note that they said, "THIS SAME JESUS." The Jesus in Heaven is not another but the same. The Jesus who will return for His saints is not another but the same. When He comes again to Jerusalem, Jews will look on Him whom they have pierced (Zech. 12:10). They will ask, "What are these wounds in thine hands?" He will…

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Multitudes of people who expect to go to Heaven will go to a Hell of torment. Thousands of "good" people, "moral" people, church members, even church workers - yes, and, alas, even prophets, priests and preachers - will find themselves lost when they expected to be saved, condemned when they expected approval, cast out of Heaven when they expected to…

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The world never burned a casual Christian at the stake.

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“Revelation 21 and 22 tell us something of this wonderful place that Jesus is preparing for His saints, "the holy city," "that great city, the holy Jerusalem." Oh, the shining brightness of it! "Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal"! It is a literal…

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