John Wesley Quotes

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

Only the holy spirit, the spirit of the lord, can transform us.

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy.

Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised.

Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.

By the life we live through the grace of Christ, the character is formed. The original loveliness begins to be restored to the soul. The attributes of the character of Christ are imparted, and the image of the Divine begins to shine forth.

To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself.

I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.

Come as you are. If you are the blackest soul out of hell, trust Christ, and that act of trust shall make you clean.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

I rejoice in the fact that Christ is not dead but risen from the grave! He lives and has returned to the earth to restore His authority and gospel to man. He has given us the perfect example of the kind of men and women we should be.

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation.

When you choose to follow Christ, you choose to be changed.

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

The gospel may not make a sow's ear into a silk purse, but it will make everybody better if they live it. I've tried it. It stands the test.

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.

I groan daily under a body of sin and corruption. Oh for the time when I shall drop this flesh, and be free from sin!

Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness.

As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.

Through the grace of Christ we shall live in obedience to the law of God written upon our hearts. Having the Spirit of Christ, we shall walk even as He walked.

My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ.

Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.