Archibald Alexander Quotes

Always remember this. Television, fame, money - listen, here is a news flash for America. Fame cannot remove your sin. And all of the money you ever amass cannot raise you from the dead.

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

Our days are numbered, and God is just waiting for you to come back to him.

I believe the Scriptures teach that there's a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.

Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of God's grace.

From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

I often remembered also that I had been told, that we shall have as many devils biting us, if we go to hell, as we have unconfessed sins on our consciences.

Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven.

I think I'll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing.

If nothing else, there's comfort in recognising that no matter how much we fail and sin, death will limit our suffering.

You and I are players, God's our coach, and we're playing the biggest game of all. We have a loving God that made us. We need to get on His team. It says in His word, there's only one way to Him and that's through Jesus Christ.

You can work all your life and make all the waters in all the rivers on Earth drinkable, but if, when you die, you are not ready to meet God, it doesn't matter.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

According to the Burman system, there is no escape. According to the Christian system, there is. Jesus Christ has died in the place of sinners, has borne their sins; and now those who believe on Him, and become His disciples, are released from the punishment they deserve. At death, they are received into Heaven and are happy forever.

I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand.

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood.

When someone died in the wilderness of frontier America, that person's physical remains were buried and the handcarts continued west, but the mourning survivors had hope for their loved one's eternal soul. However, when someone dies spiritually in the wilderness of sin, hope may be replaced by dread and fear for the loved one's eternal welfare.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.

The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation... But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.

At the day of judgment we shall all meet again.

There's lots of sins in this life. We're all sinners. If you don't believe in God and you don't believe in the scriptures, then we are on a different page.