Ichabod Spencer quotes

To cut off the sinner from all reliance upon himself, his merits and his powers; and throw him, naked and helpless, into the hands of the Holy Spirit to lead him to Christ in faith; should be the one great aim of the ministry.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Cutting #Hands #Naked

Spiritual pride is the worst of all pride, if it is not the worst snare of the devil. The heart is peculiarly deceitful on just this one thing.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Spiritual #Heart #Pride

Whoever believes in a God at all, believes in an infinite mystery; and if the existence of God is such an infinite mystery, we can very well expect and afford to have many of His ways mysterious to us.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Believe #Way #Mysterious

There is no reason to believe that the Holy Spirit ever leaves awakened sinners, only as they leave the truth of God for some error or sin.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Believe #Errors #Spirit

It is a great truth, " God reigns," and therefore grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord; and, therefore, no sinner on earth need ever despair.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#God #Jesus #Grace

Decision is a vastly important thing with a convicted sinner. He must choose, or he must be lost. If he will not do it, he may expect the Divine Spirit to depart from him, and leave him to his own way.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Decision #Important #May

My observation continues to confirm me more and more in the opinion, that to experience religion is to experience the truth of the great doctrines of Divine grace.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Grace #Doctrine #Opinion

There are multitudes in our congregations who are just waiting while they ought to be acting. They must work, if they would have God work in them. There can be no religion without obedience.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Waiting #Acting #Obedience

You must make your choice whether to hold on to some thing which cannot save you, or let go, and fall into the hands of the Lord.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Letting Go #Fall #Hands

The Holy Spirit would lead us to think much upon our own sins . It is a dangerous thing for us to dwell upon the imperfections of others.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Thinking #Imperfection #Spirit

When a sinner has any just sense of his condition, as alienated from a holy God, he will not be apt to think of the unpardonable sin.
-- Ichabod Spencer

#Thinking #Sin #Holy